The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 136, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 11, 1985 Page: 1 of 34
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Home of the
Texas State
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Texas' Oldest Weekly Newspaper-Established As The Cherokee Sentinel, February 27, 1850
Vol. 136, No. 22
Thursday, July 11,1985 — Rusk, Texas 75785
14 Pages
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Miss Texas State Railroad
l.ibbi Womack, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Preston Womack of Itusk,
and the IIWI Miss Texas State Railroad, left July Ifth. for Fort Worth.
She will he a contestant for the title of Miss Texas in the pageant to
be held Saturday. July i:i in Fort Worth. She won the title of Miss
Texas State Itailroad when she competed in the Rusk Chamber of
Commerce Miss Texas State Railroad Scholarship Pageant, held in
Itusk on March Hi. Miss Womack will be staying at the Ramada Inn
Central, -(MM) Reach Street, Fort Worth, 7(iIo;t this week. Anyone who
wants to send flowers, cards, etc.. can do so to Miss l.ibbi Womack,
Miss Texas State Railroad, the Ramada Inn Central address. Her
friends are encouraged to let her know that they wish her well in this
competition.
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A frown on the mouth is just a
smile that's upsidedown! After
reading the following, any upside
down smiles should be right side
up! Some of these are shared cour-
tesy of our 1985 Reader's Digest
Calendar. (They come as a bonus
when you give a gift of the
magazine to some one else >
If you're going through dieter's
dilemma these hot days, trying to
count calories, you'll appreciate
this one. "Dieting is when the days
seem longer and the meals shor-
ter." That goes to Karl Wilson for
credits.
Robert Orben says. "The first
thing a dieter has to learn is that
goodies are baddies! " According to
M.B. Vick, "Some people's idea of
curbing their appetites is to park at
a drive in restaurant." And James
P. Jones reports. "Nothing you put
into a banana split is as fattening as
a spoon!"
Some of you are sneaking off to
Louisiana Downs for a mini-
vacation. You can tell your own
story concerning your trip. But
before you go again you may ap-
preciate the following anecdote. A
horse-racing enthusiast was
relating his latest venture. "I went
to the track on the llth day of the
11th month," he said to a buddv.
"and I arrived exactly at It. My
son's birthday was that day, and the
lilts race showed It horses. So I bet
•II my money on the llth home."
"And he won?" asked the budd>
"No," the sportsman replied. "He
cam* In Illh."
We nt «II becoming familiar with
the mint-marquees at numerous
of wisdom are
in a humorous
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(That church is unknown, of cour-
se.)
And to prove that ours isn't the
only publication that makes
typographical errors, try these. The
Bremerton, Wash. Sun noted, "The
Sun is late being delivered today
because of computer problems. Any
convenience caused to our readers
is sincerely regretted." And a rob-
bery story in the Morehead. Ky.
News said, "The suspects wore
socks on their heads, probably to
keep from leaving any fingerprin-
ts."
And Rick Maxey says he attended
a stress-management seminar
sponsored by the state CPA society
The course was designed to educate
members to deal effectively with
stress in normal work situations
During the meeting, participants
were asked to identify activities
they engaged in to control stress in
their daily business routines.
Several people mentioned exercise-
jogging. racquetball, and so on-
vvhile others described various
relaxation techniques. But the most
novel response came from the man
who said that he always went home
at noon to watch his favorite soap
opera. "After that." he noted,
"problems at the office seem quite
manageable."
Other daff> definitions go like
these. \n optimist is someone who
tells you to cheer up when things
«re going his way. The man who
rows the boat generally doesn't
have time to rock it. We are all
manufacturers-tome make good,
others make trouble and still others
make etruses. Fvperiemi* Is a
wonderful thing It enables \ou to
recognise a mistake wlten >ou
make N again. If yen bate tried to
do soinethintf and tailed, ««s are
v sll> better «If than M \m Had
tried la de mrtMujt and *u*e*eded
tin hwh mi a mirror nan *wi Mrs
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Court Hears Plans For Jail
Cherokee County Commissioners
heard a presentation Monday mor-
ning by Bob Frisby, president and
owner of Jail Planners Inc. of Cor-
sicana.
Accompanying Frisby to the
meeting were John Geyer, vice-
president and Lee D. Steger.
Frisby said his company works
with counties and cities in
designing the best jail possible to
meet their needs. He noted that
their only business was working
with jail construction planning.
Following the designing and con-
struction of a facilitiy, staff mem-
bers compile a jail management
book.
The company has been awarded
some 46 contracts since its begin-
ning in 1978. These facilities are for
29 counties and cities. Ten of these
projects are already completed.
Of the facilities the firm has
designed and planned, Frisby says
there have been no assaults on
guards, no escapes and no major
assaults on another prisoner.
He said when they come into an
area to design a facility, they check
out the population growth by
checking with the state projected
growth and by talking^witb local
peoplg on how much growth is ex-
pected. The facility will beResigned
with all projected growth in mind.
"If you don't want to build the en-
tire facility to accommodate the
projected growth, we wit] design a
facility to meet your needs today
and allow space to expand," he
said.
The facilities designed by the
firm uses a thick glass for inside
walls. This way the guard can see the
prisoner activities at all times, he
said. He noted that he did not like
the closed circuit televiosion. There
are no outside windows. He noted
that they would design a jail that
wouldn't have a lot of frills. It will
be attractive and will meet the
minimum jail standards.
The commissioners discussed
with him a facility holding the
district courtroom, clerk's office,
sheriff's and justice of the peace of-
fices, along with jail facility.
Frisby said the best way to finan-
ce this would be through Cer-
tificates of Obligation. By going this
route, the commissioners would
call for a public hearing and then if
5 percent of the registered voters
present a petition to the court an
election will be called.
During the rest of the meeting,
commissioners authorized the
county judge to execute a contract
with Axley and Rode for auditing
services for one year at a cost of
between $10,000 and $12,000.
Check signing procedure was
changed to the county auditor and
the county treasurer in the absence
of the treasurer, the county clerk
signing on her behalf.
A check for $17,122 for roof hail
damages was accepted by the
commissioners.
Election clerks were limited to
three at each box for the special
election called for Aug. 3. The
congressiohal election on June 29
cost the county $7,600 for workers
onlv
Rusk ISD Board Approves
New Teachers, Resignations
Four resignations were accepted
and seven contracts awarded Mon-
day evening by members of the
Rusk ISD board of education.
Resignations were approved
from Ernestine Clay, high school
math; Terri Daniel, junior high
English; Geraldine Struhall, high
school English; and Barbara
Haltert, Special Education Aide.
Employed were Elvira Cribbs,
Special Education teacher for the
Junior High School ; Ricky Hassell,
Health, Coach, high school teacher;
Donna Helmberger, Speech
therapist-Plan A Coop; Bobbie
Nolley, Reading Improvement-
Junior High; Donna Smith,
English-Junior High and Barbara
Brooks, English.
In another matter the board ap-
proved a bid from Cabell's Milk Co.
for purchase of milk for the school
year. The price is currently set at
I8V2 cents per half pint for homo
and 19'/z cents per half pint for
chocolate milk.
A bid from the First State Bank
as school depository. The bid will
allow for interest of 7 percent on 90
day Treasury bills; 5" 2 percent for
demand deposits and 54 percent
charge for overdrafts. There will be
no charge for keeping the district's
funds and checks will be provided
at no charge to the district.
Superintendent Tony Murray
distributed new copies of the
district policy book. Board mem-
bers will study the book and action
will be taken concerning approval
ata later meeting.
Honor courses will be provided at
the school for students competing
for valedictorian, salutatorian and
three ranking students. Students
competing for these honors must
take five of the honor courses. This
goes into effect for the class of 1988.
The first course, English II Honors,
will be offered this year Other
courses will be included in the
future.
High School Principal Dean
Evans distributed projected inser-
tions to the high school student han-
dbooks to explain the honor
program and then the detention
hall program. The honors program
will allow for Advanced Academic
Plan Honor graduates, Advanced
Academic Plan graduates and
General Academic Plan graduates.
Honor students for the 1986 and
1987 classes will be those students
who have accumulated 84 or more
grade points at the end of the school
year. Students must be enrolled at
the Rusk school for both semesters
to be eligible or provide documen-
ted evidence from former school
that these qualifications have been
met. These students will be
recognized as honor students at
honor assembly in the spring.
Honor students for 1988 Class will
be recognized as an honor student
in Honors Assembly, a sophomore
student must be enrolled in the Ad-
vanced Academic Plan with honors.
He or she must be concurrently
enrolled in at least one honors cour-
se and have an overall grade
average of 90 or above in each class
for the preceeding two semesters.
Honor students for the 1989
graduates will be recognized as an
honor student in Honors Assembly.
A freshman student must be
enrolled in the Advanced Academic
Plan with honors. He of she must
have an overall grade average of 90
or above in each class for the
preceeding one semester.
Rank-in-class will be done the
spring semester of the senior year.
It will be cumulative from the first
semester of grade 9 through the fir-
st semester of grade 12. Each
semester will be averaged by ad-
ding the 7 grades and dividing by 7
See *RUSK ISD, Page 14
Ceremony To Dedicate Dialville Marker
By JOHN ALLEN TEMPLETON
Another Cherokee County place
will be singled out for special
recognition of its historical impor-
tance Saturday at 1:30 p.m. when a
Texas Historical Commission
marker will be dedicated at
Dialville as part of the annual
Dialville school and town
homecoming
Between 3 and 10 p.m.,
former students and friends
of the Dialville School will
gather at the Jacksonville
High School Cafeteria for
the annual school reunion. A
barbecue dinner will be ser-
ved at 6 p.m.
The dedication oj^fie marker will
designate the town of Dialville a
historic spot and will also honor
John J Dial, the town's founder, for
his part in it and the area's history
and development, according to the
Cherokee County Historical Com-
mission. sponsor of the ceremony
The marker will be dedicated in a
ceremony just south of th« business
buildings, and the ceremony is open
to the public The marker wiU bring
recognition to the third old town in
c herokee County this year The old
towns of Geni and Craft received
similar markers wirttee this year
through the efforts at lb* Historical
commtaanm
The program tor the
arum*ny m aa I
! am
commission chairman; invocation,
the Rev. Charlotte Smith, pastor of
First United Methodist Church,
Dialville, history of Dialville, Jack
Moore, historical commission vice
chairman and a former resident of
the town, also author of a book on
the town; unveiling of the marker,
Mrs. Tom Dean Stevens, historical
commission member; dedication of
the marker, Bernard Mayfield,
historical commission member;
and benediction, the Rev. Bruce
Bailey, pastor of the Rocky Springs
Baptist Church.
Many former residents of
Dialville and ex-students of the
Dialville school are expected to at-
tend the dedication, which will be
the first event on the annual
homecoming program
The reunion group initiated the
move to obtain a marker for the old
town at its 1984 reunion and funded
the cost of the marker The
historical commission directed the
research and narrative writing
required to obtain such a marker,
working with reunion leaders.
The town's founding was due
almost entirely to John J. Dial, a
Confederate Army veteran who
arrived there in IBM from Alabama
aa part of the KVwagon train Dial
acquired a large farm there and
anchored bis dealiity in Cherokee
soil for his lifetime which ended
with hia death there Nov W, INI
When the Kanaas A Gulf Short
Line Railroad <no< the Con tan Heft!
butM through tbe area in 1MB Dul
establish a flag stop station there.
The town was platted for develop-
ment then. The railroad met its
commitment and established a
station there and named the town
Dial. When a post office was opened
there in 1885, the Post Office De-
partment named the place Dial
ville, because Texas already had a
town named Dial.
John J. Dial closed his store and
post office in 1886 and it was only a
flag stop on the railroad until about
1897, when the new tomato growing-
shipping industry began and new
life was breathed into Dialville
New stores began to appear, John
T Bailey became the town's post-
master and operated a hotel, the
railroad re-opened the station with
an agent, express service and the
town revived.
In 1889, a school was established
there and functioned until 1959,
when it was consolidated with the
Jacksonville school system
Enrollment at its peak was about
300 students, and the school was
fully accredited by the Texas
Department of Education
Under the leadership of C D
Jarratt. about 1100. the town bagan
probably ita peak development
period and became a major ship
ptng point for tomatoes an industry
Jarratt had helped initiate at Craft
• tow years earlier In 1Mb, N A
Stover opened a ban factory there
and added impetus to thn ten s
growth an new atoran, a bank
■M«to theater and muapupni
A unique industry which
flourished there for a long time was
dogwood block mill, which used
native dogwood timber to produce
blocks from which spinning spin-
dles were made for spinning mills
in England. The mill moved years
later when the supply of dogwood
timber diminished, but it was
probably the only such industry in
Texas
The town's decline began in the
mid-1920's as automobiles made
trips to Jacksonville and Rusk more
convenient for shopping and doing
other business. The changing
agriculture picture and then the
Depression years also hurt the
town, which took another blow
when the new Highway 69 between
Jacksonville and Rusk bypassed
the town by several miles
The town's three churches have
dwindled to two, the bank was con-
solidated with one in Jacksonville,
its 30-odd business firms have
dropped to one or two, and its
Masonic I<odge is the only one of
four once active. The post office
was closed April l, 1977
During those years from hit
arrival in IMM after Civil War duty
until his death, John J Dial waa ac-
tive in various buaineaa ventura
along with hi* farming operations.
At one time be operated thn (Hal
House a typical 'country hatot"
but aa the town lest ground se <hd
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