The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 140, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 10, 1988 Page: 1 of 26
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The Cherokeean
Home of the Texas State Railroad
Texas' Oldest Weekly Newspaper
Thursday,
March 10,
1988
Vol. 140, No. 5 -14Pages Established As The Cherokee Sentinel, February 27, 1850 Rusk, Texas 75785 25 cents
Whitehead, French, Henderson face run-off
Cherokee County Democrats will
return to the polls Tuesday, April 12
to cast their ballots in three run-off
elections. Linda Beard was the only
candidate with more than one op-
ponent to win re-election without a
run-off.
In the State Representative race,
county voters gave Marie
Whitehead 4,606 votes. Scot M.
Doyal got 1,094 and Dick Swift
received 2,196 votes in the county.
Swift received 1,784 votes in
Freestone County. Mrs. Whitehead
polled 1,429 votes and Doyal got 348
votes.
Word was received late Tuesday
night that personnel from the Texas
Election Bureau would be in
Palestine to check the Anderson
County voting machines. Returns
from the county clerk's office
showed that Swift registered 4,489
votes, Doyal 1,754 votes and Mrs.
Whitehead, l,789votes.
The Palestine Herald Press repor-
ted last Friday that 789 votes had
been cast in the election. However,
when the returns were tallied the
vote showed that only 610 votes had
been cast in the state representative
race and 609 in the contested
sheriff's race. Other boxes reported
similar irregularities.
Unofficial tallies for the state
representative race show that Mrs.
Whitehead of Rusk will face attor-
ney Dick Swift of Palestine in the
April 12 run-off election. Mrs.
Whitehead tallied district-wide 7,824
votes; Swift 8,465 votes and Doyal
3,294 votes.
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HONORARY CITIZEN CERTIFICATE is presented to Dick Milner and his *ife, Les, by Rusk Mayor James
Long. From left are Mayor Long, Mrs. Milner, Milner and Rusk Rotary President George Nielsen. Dr. and
Mrs. Milner were Rusk visitors last week. He is District 950 Governor from Banksia Park, South Australia and
is on tour in Texas. -staff photo
District Attorney Charles
Holcomb was re-elected with 4,556
votes over contender Craig D. Cald-
well with 3,377 votes. Former Coun-
ty Judge and County Attorney
Robert McNatt was elected to the
county attorney position with 3,940
votes. His opponent, incumbent
Leland Sutton received 3,823 votes.
Sheriff Joe French will face
William J. (Jimmy) Dickson in the
April run-off. French polled 3,852
votes and Dickson, 3,775. J. G. (Joe)
Eckenrode got another 762 votes.
Mrs. Beard received 4,937 votes to
gain her re-election without a run-
off. Jerry L. Rix polled 884 votes; J.
P. Acker III, 602 votes and Carol Ann
Davis, 1,841 votes.
Incumbent commissioner,
Precinct 1, Robert J. Underwood,
was defeated in his bid for re-
election. Vote was E. R. (Bob)
Gregg Jr., 1,339 and Underwood,
1,287 votes.
County Commissioner Joe Hen-
derson will face a run-off election
against F. E. Hassell. Henderson got
767 votes; Hassell, 687 and Archie B.
Delaney, 356 votes.
In the constable Precinct 1 race,
Charles Ewalt polled 848 votes and
incumbent Billy L. Lovelady got
1,744 votes.
Thomas M. Phillips got 503 votes
and incumbent Chris Parson, 1,443
votes in the Constable Precinct 2
race.
J. D. Evans polled 812 votes and
Danny Garrett, 766 votes in the Con-
stable Precinct 4 race.
J!¿ of the county's 29 boxes
[ichael S. Dukakis was leading
the county's Democrats with 3,398
votes. Next was Al Gore with 1,390
votes; Dick Gephardt with 1,151
votes and Jesse Jackson with 822
votes.
Final vote for the county arrived
in at the Cherokee County Clerk's of-
fice shortly af ter 1 a. m. Wednesday.
In the State Senate Race, Bill
Haley polled 2,948 Cherokee County
votes and David Hill got 2,026 votes.
With the exception of Angelina
County, Haley received 47,352
district-wide and Hill, 30,232. In An-
derson County, Hill got 2,587 and
Haley 4,616; Hardin County, Haley
6,355 and Hill 2,423; Jasper County,
Haley, 4,436 and Hill 2,046; Mon-
tgomery County, Haley 2,069 and
Hill 1,929; Nacogdoches County, Hill
3,534 and Haley 4,640; Newton Coun-
ty, Haley, 2,873 and Hill 1,029; Polk
County, Haley 3,142 and Hill 1,887;
Rusk County, Halen 2,127 and Hill
4,560; Sabine County, Haley 1,864
and Hill 1,165; St. Augustine, Haley,
1,828 and Hill 1,352; San Jacinto,
Haley 2,036 and Hill 1,220; Shelby,
Haley 5,762 and Hill 1,866; Tyler
County, 3,782 and Hill 1,502. Results
from Angelina County were not
available at press time.
In the presidential race, Michael
Dukakis won the big southern states
of Texas and Florida in Super
Tuesday's election. Sen. Albert Gore
Jr. came in second and Jesse
Jackson third.
Texas Republications gave Vice
President George Bush over-
whelming support with 64.1 percent
of the vote, followed by Pat Rober-
tson and Kansas Sen. Bob Dole.
Dukakis also won Rhode Island,
Maryland and his home state of
Massachusetts. Gore won Arkansas,
North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ken-
tucky and his home state of Ten-
nessee. Jackson won Virginia,
Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana and
Alabama. Gephardt won only his
home state of Missouri.
In electoral votes, Dukakis picked
up enough to give him a total of 426
following Super Tuesday. Gore
shows 372 with Jackson closely
behind at 369 and Gephardt has 174.
Simon has 36 and a total of 273 are
uncommitted.
On the Republican side, Bush
delegates total 697. Dole is far
behind in second place with 164,
Kemp 39, Robertson 18 and 25 un-
committed.
ACP sign-up
is available
The Cherokee County ASCS
Committee has scheduled a second
ACP sign-up for conservation prac-
tices. The sign-up will continue
through March 31, 1988.
Apoplications will be accepted for
establishing permanent vegetative
cover (coastal bermuda, bahia,
common bermuda, and lovegrass),
limestone for established grasses,
overseeding with clovers (crimson,
arrowleaf, vetch and singletary
peas), critical area shaping, plan-
ting pine trees and improving a
stand of pine trees.
If you have a conservation
problem that needs to be solved, we
encourage you to contact this office
during March. Applications filed af-
ter the sign-up are not considered
until the next scheduled sign-up for
the practice.
Soil tests are no longer required,
although they strongly recommend
continued use of soil tests. One ex-
ception to this rule is that all ap-
plications for limestone must have a
soil test.
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'Round Town
With Mrs. Roundabout
Texas State Railroad improvements
prepare tourist line for' 8 8 season
Somewhere between Jan. 4 and
th. 3 writing, we said 'goodbye' to
Winter and greeted Spring. The
Robins offered the motion, Blue Bir-
ds seconded it and the flowering of
daffodils, narcissus, japónica and
others voted unanimously to let
Spring enter!
It's about time! With you, we
welcome March and an end to the
Febru-wearies of weather. At least,
we hope we have seen the end of the
frigid temps!
In the days ahead, we can look
forward to a more tolerable state,
conducive to the human spirit, for
doing the outdoor things we enjoy-
gardening, yard work, play for
children's pent up energy. And just
Court to install
new lighting
at county airport
Members of the Cherokee County
Commissioners Court discussed the
installation of a metal beacon light
called Halide with Airport Coor-
dinator Ray Davis at their Monday
morning meeting. Bulbs for the
system will cost around $50 each and
will last for some 9Vfe years, com-
pared to $70 for the current six-
weeks bulbs. Instllation cost should
run between $965 and $1,000.
During the meeting, com-
missioners approved a bond for Tom
Ball as Reserve Deputy Constable,
Precinct 1. Easement for an un-
derground cable in Precinct 2 was
approved. Diann Norton, county
treasurer was authorized to attend a
seminar at A&M April 18 to 21.
County Clerk Fairy Upshaw
reported on absentee balloting. A
total of 493 Democrats voted by per-
sonal appearance. Another 127
civilians and eight military ballots
were mailed out.
In the Republican primary, a total
of 90 persons voted by personal ap-
pearance and 24 civilian and 11
military ballots were mailed.
possibly, we can expect to see good
riddance of the 'bugs' which have af-
flicted many of us in recent weeks.
At this writing, my personal jour-
ney on the road of life hangs in the
balance. New paths of service hinge
on the outcome of the voters'
decisions Tuesday. By the time you
read this, however, that deter-
mination will have been made.
Some of the philosophy which has
sustained me recently is equally
good for all of us, no matter who we
are. Let me share a few thoughts
with you. Each of us is gifted with
certain abilities. We can't claim to
have all abilities, but we can look at
those we have and do with them what
we can to make the world a better
place.
This calls for an understanding,
an acceptance of ourselves. If we
can do something that nobody else
can, then that is what we must do.
We must plow back into service, into
use, those talents with which we
have been blessed. The great thing
about life is to remember that as
long as we live, we have the privilege
of growing and serving.
We can learn new skills, engage in
new kinds of work, devote ourselves
to new causes, make new friends, if
only we will exercise the initiative
and refuse to become fixed and
rigid.
The past few weeks have been
spent by Yours Truly on the path of
an endeavor that has forced me to a
new level of rededicatlon. Our world
can be no better than we work to
make it. So many of you have shared
these same thoughts with me. We do
have an obligation to assure the
generations yet to come that they
will also have a world to enjoy...as
we do.
It may sound too simplistic.. .but it
is important that future citizens be
supported by our work today...just
as we, here and now, benefit from
the work and service of our
forefathers.
The season of spring awakens the
senses to the sounds and sights of
new growth. It awakens the sense
for possible growth In our hearts,
especially mine...and I hope In
yours.
Until next week? -mw
The so-called "off season" has
been anything but "off" for the staff
of the Texas State Railroad
Historical Park this winter as they
prepare for visitors from across the
nation and around the world this
spring.
Supt. Curtis Pruett says the an-
cient steam trains will be rolling on
Saturday, March 19, to herald the
12th season of activities aimed at
recalling the "Golden Age of Steam
Railroading."
Although the train season con-
cluded here Nov. 1, the superinten-
dent noted that the staff has been
busy, preparing for the opening in
March. A thorough' 'going over'' has
been given to the park's three
locomotives and 13 coaches, as well
as considerable maintenance on the
25 miles of track.
Almost a mile of heavy rail has
been installed on the track as part of
the continuing program to upgrade
the line, Pruett explained. "We are
installing 112-pound rail-replacing
80-pound rail-as funding is
available," he said. "This gives us
more than six miles of the heavier
rail to further smooth out the ride.''
The park's track crew also has
replaced more than 5,000 ties along
the route since last fall. All of this is
aimed at constantly improving the
comfort of the ride for the more than
72,000 persons who ride the trains
each year, Pruett added. The track
crew also has completed installation
of a short track at the maintenance
complex.
The superintendent observed that
the shop staff also has had a busy
winter, preparing for the coming
season.
The major undertaking at the shop
involved reboring the valves on all
three locomotives and installation of
new rings, all of which is aimed at
better utilization of steam to power
trains. Other needed repair work
also was part of the winter main-
tenance program, added Pruett.
He added that every coach has
been thoroughly checked, serviced
and repaired.
An unusual addition to the train
this year will be the installation of
clear vinyl curtains in one of the
open air cars. Supt. Pruett noted
that the spring's changeable
weather has caused the staff to
develop a means of reducing the ef-
fect of rain and cold. "The vinyl cur-
tains will remained rolled up, out of
the way, in good weather, and will
snap into place, covering openings
during inclement or cold weather,"
he revealed.
"If this method proves satisfac-
tory, we likely will do the same thing
to the other open air cars as funds
become available," he said.
Prior to the season opening,
seasonal workers will report to the
Local races
election set
park for two weekends of orien-
tation, clean-up and first aid
training.
As in past years, trains will be
operated from both Rusk and
Palestine. The two trains will depart
at 11 a.m. and return at 3 p.m.
making the 50-mile excursion a four-
hour trip. The train runs will be
Saturdays and Sundays only during
the spring and fall, and every day
except Tuesday and Wednesday
during the summer.
The reservation office is open
seven days a week, from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. Because of the popularity of the
train trips, Pruett commented that
it always is a good idea to make
reservations as far in advance as
possible. Bookings may be made by
calling 1-800-442-8951 (in Texas)
214-683-2561.
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for May 7
Dixie League
to organize
An organizational meeting
fof Rusk Lions Club Dixie
League Baseball has been
scheduled.
All coaches and committee
members will meet at First
State Bank at7 p.m. Friday,
Three persons have filed for two at
large positions on the Rusk School
Board. School and city elections are
set for May 7.
Asking for election are Mary Ann
Patterson and incumbents Dr. Jerry
Ocker and Peggy Hugghins.
Filing deadline is March 23. Ab-
sentee balloting is scheduled April
17 through MayS.
Three incumbents have filed for
re-election to the Rusk City Council.
Asking for re-election are Gloria
Jennings, Place 3; Charlee Hassell,
Place 4; and MikeCrysup, Places.
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AFTER A WINTER el deraancy. the ancient steamers of the Texas
State Railroad Historical Park will come to life again this spring, of-
fering visitors an opportunity to relive the less-hurried times of eras
past. The IMS season will blast off on Saturday. March 19. with
round trips departing from both Kusk and Palestine. The spring
schedule calls for the old trains to operate on Saturdays and Sundays
with departure promptly at II a.m. and return at 3 p.m. A special
dividend added to the schedule this year will be three popular
"Moonlight Kuiis" planned (or April. May and September.
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