Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 142, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 13, 1990 Page: 2 of 18
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PAGE TWO—CHEROKEEAN/HERALD OF RUSK, TEXAS—THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1990
Congratulations to the athletes, parents, coaches and fans
THE YELLOW JACKETS' LINEMEN set up to pats block
u senior Earsley Wade starts his route.
SENIOR RICKY PERKINS PREPARE8 TO PUNT. Senior
Derrick Dlckerson Is ready to block any Groveton run-
ners.
ALTO CITIZENS closed the annual Christmas
parade Friday with a pep rally in the downtown
area. -staff photo
YELLOW JACKETS' Jamie Pope, Jerry Rltter, Tracy Re-
agan and Randy Tullís effectively block the Indians.
It's Christmas
'Miracle on 34th Street,'
parade, cantatas create spirit
Photos from State Quarterfi-
nal game last Friday - cour-
tesy of AHS photographers
The Christmas mood is being generated all over
the county as area folks make preparation for the
holiday season. This past weekend observances
opened Thursday night with the Cherokee Civic
Theatre presentation of "Miracle on 34th Street."
We, who live In Cherokee County sometimes
fail to stop and smell the roses. We fail to really ap-
preciate what we have. The readers theatre pres-
entation, adapted by Cherokee County's own
Zelwanda Hendrick, was simply delightful. Many
said it Is the best readers theatre that we have had.
Sometimes we become all wrapped up with
commercialism. We get so busy getting ready that
we forget about the spirit of Christmas. "Miracle on
34th Street" cast members did a wonderful job in
making us aware of what Christmas is about. We
left the TSR depot singing the songs only a few
minutes before presented by a group of happy
youngsters. Christmas makes us young again!
Many of us may not approve of the Santa Claus
approach, but it will be a rare person, who cannot
enjoy the story of the miracle that happened on
34th Street.
Bo Scallon was terrific as Kris Kringle. Whitney
Graham was so enthusiastic in her singing as she
entertained with "He Knows it You've Been Bad or
Good." Neeley Chancellor was delightful with her
cute song of "Too Fat for the Chimney." And,
Rusk's Mandy Warren played the part of the sing-
ing doll very well.
We all have seen the movie "Miracle on 34th
Street" many times. The theme in the readers
theatre went along with the story. We laughed,
loved and almost cried as the readers presented
their scripts. One youngster expressed the senti-
ment of us all as he said he didn't like the mean
character. All readers certainly became the part as
they read the script.
We saw the holiday spirit continue to generate
with the annual yule parade at Alto. Floats were
lovely and everyone seemed to enjoy the parade.
However, the beautiful parade and pep rally that
followed were dampened by the Alto Yellowjackets
State Playoff loss to the Groveton. But, folks in Alto
soon recovered. They know they really had the
Number 1 team in Texas. Now, they are busy
getting ready for Christmas.
Many county churches began the season with
presentation of cantatas and children's program
this past weekend. Others have events scheduled
for the coming Sunday.
The adult choir of the Rusk First United Method-
ist Church sang the Christmas story. So, did the
children of the Rusk First Baptist Church.
Thank you all, who have help us to create a
Christmas spirit in our hearts and in our families.
Its great to live in a country, where we can
worship the Christ Child or just celebrate the secu-
lar Christmas.
May that spirit of peace and good will continue to
live in our hearts this holiday season and the rest of
the year. -gloria Jennings
Slngletary Memorial Library Book By peggy mcarthur
LIBRARY HOURS: Monday
from 2p.m. - 7 p.m. Tuesday, Wed-
nesday, Thursday, and Friday from
12 noon to 5 p.m. We will be closed
for Christmas Dec. 24, 25, and 26.
NEW BOOKS
Rita Mae Brown - WISH YOU
WERE HERE - Rita Mae Brown
and Sneaky Pie, her cat, put to-
gether this delightfiil mystery.
Arthur C. Clarke - THE GHOST
FROM THE GRAND BANKS - In
the year 2010, a race between rival
agencies has as it's goal, the rescue
of the Titanic from its watery grave.
Jidith Kranz - DAZZLE - Photog-
rapher Jazz Kilkullen is famous,
beautiful, and complex. Society
flocks to her studio.
NON-FICTION
John Keegan • THE SECOND
WORLD WAR - This is a compre-
hensive history of the Second World
War, exploring both the technology
' cal and human impact of this great
war.
Memorials and Donations
Thanks to the Cherokee County
Historical Society for another fine
group of books to add to our Texana
collection.
The friends of Gladys (Mrs. Bill)
Shattuck in honor of her birthday
on September 17, have presented to
the library a beautiful book on
Hummingbirds.
Donations were also received in
memory of Melba Campbell by Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Lunsford, Mr. and
Mrs. Winston Power, and the Ha-
rold Porter family; also in memory
of Dudley Willingham by Brian and
Susan Porter.
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GROVETON'8 RODNEY THOMAS fells short of stopping
Alto 8ophomore Chad Pope during Friday's game in Na-
cogdoches. Pope rushed for SO yards during the play-off
game fn^ng the season with a total of almost900 yards.
Roundabout ,with Marie Whitehead
Rube Sessíoins
MemoríaI LibRARy
We are in receipt of eight Texana
books given to ub by the Cherokee
County Historical Commission. All
the books are about Texas history
and look to be very interesting.
Following are briefs on three of the
books:
RINGING THE CHILDREN IN
by Thad Sitton and Milam C.
Rowold. This book gives a glimpse
into the country school houses of
Texas' rural past, when teachers
taught and students learned the
basics that everybody talks about
returning to. It is a social history
told from the perspective of the for-
mer students and teachers them-
selves, the lost world of Texas rural
education as seen through their eyes
and described in their words.
LAND OF BEARS AND
HONEY by Joe C. Truett and Daniel
W. Lay. It is a beautifully written
book. It is dramatic and poetic lit-
erature, and it tells a sad and mov-
ing story with wisdom and with a
deep understanding of the land and
the life it nurtures. It is a tragedy,
too, the tale of a great giant brought
down by inevitability.
OIL FIELD CHILD by Estha
Briscoe Stowe. Mb. Stowe tells of
her childhood growing up in the
twenties and thirties with the west-
ward progress of the Texas oil in-
dustry, moving with her parents
from one Texas boomtown to an-
other. She says that she never
realized her life was different from
that of the ordinary child until Bhe
was grown. I'm sure this will be
interesting to many others who
probably experienced the same life
style as she tells in her book.
Many of you probably read Ann
Lander's "plug" for the book, THE
CARTOON HISTORY OF THE
UNIVERSE: FROM THE BIG
BANG TO ALEXANDER THE
GREAT," by Larry Gonick. This
funny book, quotes Ms. Landers,
covers 13 billion years of history
and explains and illustrates the
mqjor achievements of modern civi-
lisation. The book is really all car-
toons.
Our library has a wonderful se-
lection of books in all categories,
and we have most of the new best
sellers.
Two recent memorials are as
follows: Mr and Mrs. Earl Glen
Harris in memory of: Mrs. Mary
Coker, and Mr. and Mrs. Jamea E.
Hodges and family in memory of
Mr. Billy Frank Smith.
Our library hours are from 9:00 •
5:00 on Tuesdays and Thursday*
and 10:00 a.m. - noon on Saturdays.
WANTED: One Astronaut with
plumbing skills. The weekend news
of our space mission's problem in
the flush department brought both
a grin and grimace! The situation
simply underscores how creature
comfort oriented we are even in outer
space! And we might say that it also
underscores the age-old admonition
to be "self reliant."But everything is
so specialized in today's world. And
not every person emerges as an adult
who is capable of dealing with many
of life's little nuisances.
Self reliance and rugged indi-
vidualism have given way to
cooperative effort. Teamship.
The collective whole is stronger
than one of the many parts.
Something like that. This posi-
tion has slowly evolved. And in
this century primarily. Together
so much more is accomplished
than could be done individu-
ally. Just look around. .
Who today can claim individual"
effort, one person only, or one fam-
ily for that matter, for food, cloth-
ing, shelter? It takes many others to
make just these three areas of life
work for us. And beyond to good
schools, churches, government,
timely pick up of garbage, lights,
gas, water and yes, flush plumbing!
Then there's transportation, medi-
cal needs and of course, TV! And
yes, we hope you need and read...
this publication!
In the most important sense,
perhaps, we bring action to the
field of humanitarian needs
through joint effort. Now—the
most compassionate time of the
year — we are given a wide
variety of opportunities to re-
flect the True Spirit of being
human. Food, clothes, toys to be
shared with those who are less
fortunate.
And just for the joy of beingjoyful,
note the many beautiful decorations
and lights which add such a festive
touch to the holiday's celebration. It
seemB that this year more lights
have been used in decorating than
in any previous times. Is this be-
cause we seek to beautify the world
closest to us because the farther
away our world gets, the more dreary
the scene appears? It has been an
ominouB feeling as we've watched
from afar the movements in the
Middle East. -va 1
But now there is hope with
the past days' news. Hope that
perhaps just a small drop of the
milk of human kindness flows
in the heart of Mr. Saddam
Hussein. For this and all of life's
many other .blessings (includ-
ing flush plumbing) we can look
forward to a more happy holi-
day!
Yes, a far from perfect world... but
then it isnt finished, is it?
Until next week? -mw
Wandering Tho'ts
of a wandering fellow
By PARK WATSON
How far can you see beyond the
horizon? I'd guess that it depends
on how far out you have set your
horizons. I cannot in any way take
a shot at philosophy. But I was
thinking just the other day...looking
out the window... what a narrow view
I had. So then I checked another
window and my little horizon got
better. Then I went
outdoors—walked up the hill about
a block, and I was surprised at how
far I could see. And coming to work
today...I got a sweep of East Texas
country side...and my little hori-
zons had broadened again.
Since then I have wondered about
my own personal horizons. When I
got out of high school back during
the bigdepression, the horizons were
pretty narrow. Little work. Little
pay. I remember I did get a job in a
bakery seven days a week, twelve
hours a day for a dollar and all the
baked goods I could eat. Bit time
came when it was increased to two
dollars a day if I cleaned up the
place. Ididgetashotatcollege...that
increased my horizons again...And
as I grew in years and in experience,
I suddenly realized that I was set-
ting my own horizons. They
stretched out as far as my brain was
allowed to go. When an opportunity
came my way...My horison readied
out to meet it.
I grew. The family grew. A
friendly enjoyable family filled with
love. And tiren...
Suddenly I could not see so far.
The horizon was creeping back closer
tome. And I could not push it out.
I had been at this ftin type job for
years. Twenty or 31 in the same
place. I was at ease. Comfortable.
Did just about as I pleased in my
work.
Was satisfied.
All of «sudden I knew why. The
fun and the challenges were gone. I
was in a rut. And the only differ-
ence between a rut and a grave is
how deep they are.
I was fortunate. Anew challenged
came along. I grabbed it. It was a
live saver. And there was a chal-
lenge.
And now my horizons are stretch-
ing out again. Over the hill. Into
the fading sun.
How far can you see beyond the
horizon?
I'd guess that it depends on now
far out you have them set.
(Out there...beyond that
horizon.. .may be somethingyou can
have. Reach for-it)!
Letters
to the Editor
Dear Editor:
We would like to take this oppor-
tunity to express our appreciation
for the Rusk Christmas Parade.
The parade was well organised and
can be considered a mtyor success!
Anita Ocker did a wonderful job in
the coordinating of this parade. We
would especially like to recognise
Joe Ray Ocker for all of his help. He
did an excellent job of keeping ev-
eryone organised and ready to go.
Again, we think that the Rusk
Christmas Parade
success.
a m^jor
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