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PAGE TWO—CHEROKEEAN/HERALD OF RUSK, TEXAS—THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1991
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...with Marie Whitehead
Worthy of the Work!
A number of county lawyers met with the Com-
missioners Court last Friday to discuss possible
legislation that would give the commissioners court
the authority to employ a public defender.
The court was told that the Cherokee County Bar
Association had appointed a committee of lawyers
and lay people to examine the "advantages and dis-
advantages" of the proposed legislation.
We have read over the bill, and a few minor
changes would benefit the taxpayers of the county.
As we see it, the major "advantage" of the legisla-
tion is that it offers relief to already hard hit taxpayers
of the county. The proposal will save from $75,000 to
$100,000 per year and that's worthy of Commission-
ers Court consideration!
In the light of such savings for taxpayers, what
possible "disadvantage" is there to consider?
It is hoped that members of the court will press on
toward this worthy endeavor and continue to seek all
avenues for maintaining the lowest tax rate possible
for Cherokee County.
Texas Baptist Men build for the
glory of God at Atoy church site
By Gloria Jennings
Texas Baptist Men are "Building
for the Glory of God." A delegation
of volunteers from all walks of life
and all areas of Texas assembled in
Cherokee County a couple or so
weeks ago to begin construction of
a new church for the Atoy Baptists.
The Rev. Dan Rankin is pastor and
the church isa mission of the Rusk
First Baptist Church.
Although, now entirely finished
the men are conducting a Lay Led
Revival, which began Tuesday eve-
ning and will continue through
Thursday night.
"Building for the Glory of God" is
a project of the Texas Baptist Men's
Brotherhood. They have constructed
more than 200 church buildings in
the state. Some 260 individual
couples are involved in the program
and each couple works on three or
four projects per year. Texas Bap-
tist Men built their first church in
1979.
This team at Atoy is composed of
all Baptist men, except one Meth-
odist layman.
They volunteer their services and
all labor is free. Materials are pro-
vided by the local church.
The only other requirement is that
the host church provide them a place
to park their trailers with full util-
ity hookups and one meal a day.
Meals are prepared by local women
in a tent pitched at the building
site.
"This gives the women a chance
to get involved," says Job Coordina-
tor Hugh Granberry of Huntsville,
a retired chemical plant mainte-
nance supervisor. Womenhavemid-
morning devotional'services each
day. The men meet early every
morning for a devotional time prior
to beginning work. Local men of the
host church assist in the building
project.
Also, the group request the host
ROTCE E. HENLEY of Van Ormy and Lloyd G. Gist
of Wlnnsboro check out blue prints for the new
Atoy Baptist Church. They were among the
laymen, who participated in the recent building
project of the Texas Baptist Men. -staff photo
Letters To The Editor
Dear Editor:
The annual Bowl-O-Red Chili
Cook-off benefiting the D-FY-IT
anti-drug organization in Alto was
a huge success once again. A very
loud "thank you" goes out to those
who participated.
Our county commissioners and
sheriff were the judges and did a
superb job
.Steve and Sarah McCarty do-
nated the trophies. We extend a
Jr. Ladyjackets
place in
tournament
The Alto Junior High Ladyjack-
#ts won itcond pine© in the Cush-
ing tournament. Teneeaha Bruton
scored 18 points in the first game to
lead all Ladyjackets scoring and
Mechille Hackney scored 12 points
Saturday as the Ladyjackets de-
feated the Ladyeaglea of Apple-
special thank you to them.
Special thanks to them. To those
who prepared the dessert and chili
and especially to those who bought
them, a louder "thank you."
It is unfortunate that there is a
very large segment of our popula-
tion thatwill notBupportthisorany
other activity even though their
sons and daughters are beneficiar-
ies of this project. We hope that they
will rethink their attitudes and
accept their responsibilities. We look
forward to their participation next
year and the remaining portion of
this year.
To those who participated in this
very worthwhile fund raiser—thank
you.
Jerry Rix
Alto, Tex.
Dear Editor:
Enclosing check for another year.
I er\joy your paper—it gets better
and better! News from all the near
areas and little towns. I grew up in
Forest, Tx.—attended Rusk High
School—then Rusk College. Sadly
the year it closed. Have lived in
Dallas since that time. Your paper
seems Hke a family or part of my
hfe.
church to let them lead in a Lay
Revival for three or four nights
prior to completion of the project.
Special music is presented by the
women, who call themselves
"Grandmas on Wheels." They have
named themselves this because
they spend so much time on wheels.
They spend their days visiting in
the neighborhood, inviting people
to church and the revival and wit-
nessing.
Abner Bryant, 77-year-old, from
Tyler i s lead carpenter for the proj-
ect. "The Lord prepared me 33 years
in construction, for this job," he
says. Bryant is the only profes-
sional carpenter in the crew. Oth-
ers have been taught and trained
since joining the program.
Pascal Harris, 68, of Chandler, is
the other lead carpenter. He is a
retired minister of music.
The average age of the building
team is 70 years.
There was no way for me to know
last week how sad I would feel this
week at column writing time again.It
is impossible for me to change my
position in saying that war is hell, to
quote somebody else. Yes, I will
admit that for communication to
work, which was my line of reason-
ing, it takes openness from both
sides. That Mr. Saddam Hussein is
closed to the possibility*of negotia-
tion seems quite clear.
Let me share these few words
with you. "When Health is ab-
sent Wisdom cannot reveal it-
self, Art cannot become mani-
fest, Strength cannot be exerted,
Wealth is useless and Reason is
powerless." You might think
these the thoughts of some mod-
ern day mind. Not true. They
belong to Herophilies, a citizen
of Greece who lived in 800 B.C.
And in light of his truth, which is
still true today, one might conclude
that the president of Iraq is a very
sick man. That íb perhaps what
makes all of this so very difficult.
What has happened has happened.
And we have little choice to do other
than support, with all resources
available to ub, the men and women
who are caught up in this combat.
fILTO POLICE
REPORT
by: Chief of Police
Larry T. Glldden
Political action is one thing.
Military action is another. Two
separate cane of beans (or
worms?). We ordinary souls who
are mere observers on the road
of life find much of this hard to
understand. We wait with held
breath for the journalists to
enlighten us on the crisis of the
moment. And yes, we pray a lot.
What else can we do?
Our beautiful planet Earth, the
Blue Pearl of our Universe, íb just a
small speck in the big picture. But
on our small planet we are experi-
encing events which could change
forever the way we view our place in
the order of things. It would not be
so frightening if wedidn'tknow what
enormous potential for destruction
exists today.
We can only hope that from
this devastating war we will
grow in some manner toward a
more humane, worldwide citi-
zenship. Who said, "There's good
in all things?" I don't feel up to
the debate. Fm just going to
accept the statement and hope
that it is a true one. And with
you, continue to pray I
Until next week? -mw
Wandering Tho'ts
of a wondering fellow by Park Watson
The following is the Alto Police
Chief Larry Glidden's monthly re-
port for December, 1990.
Reported offenses were as follows:
one burglary of a habitation; one
criminal mishief; one family vio-
lence (assault); one assault; two
theft; two burglary of a motor ve-
hicle; one burglary of a building.
During December there were 37
citations issued.
No incidents were reported .
Only one arrest (family violence)
was made during this reporting
period.
There wére 3 credit card abuse
caseB filed with the District
Attorneys Office.
Cases filed with the County
Attorney's Office are as follows: One
DWI; one resisting arrest; one fam-
ily violence.
I'm surprised... surprised on how
eaBy it is to walk off and leave ghoBts
behind
After you have lived in a house for
so many yeare... have experienced
all the fun... happiness... trauma...
and tragedy... birth and death...
there are always ghosts around. You
sit there alone reading. A shadow
passes your eyes. You look up ex-
pecting to see someone who is not
there. You hear a noise in the
kitchen. A pan or a pot slips in the
cupboard, you get up to see... an-
other Bhadow. Now... you know, of
course, I don't believe in ghosts...
per se. But shadows of the paBt do
haunt you from time to time. Over
some eleven years... lots of them by
myself, I've grown used to the shad-
ows. The noises. And the old house
grunting and groaning in the win-
ter winds. They have become a part
of your life. And then... you move.
You've got three roomB and a bath.
A bachelor pad bo to speak. And you
sit there night after night and not
one ghost comes by.
And do you know what that
means?
It means that the ghosts you loved
to have around because of loves of
long ago have deserted you... just as
the persons did!
Somehow it hurts my ego! Here
for all those years I tho't those shad-
ows were hanging around because
of me. Those shadows wanted me to
know that they were around ...
watching... waiting... keeping me in
tune with times past.
Ego? Mine is damaged beyond
help. Why?
Those friendly noises... those flit-
ting shadows... those little bumps
in the night... were not for me.
After I left...
They stayed with the house.
I hope ttie new owners ery oy them!
TF1É ' V "W~ j w- W- y ^ Y
RuskVFDW News;
By Wayne Morgan
TIie
by Guynell Kennedy
The 3 Ws (Women Who Work)
met with Guynell Kennedy Tues-
day, Jan. 15 for a day to work, have
good fellowship, fun.
Upon arrival each member put
her name in the door prize pot. The
"Snack Table" tempted each one to
have coffee orange juice with home-
made brownies-made from Quick
Brownie Recipe of Alene Rozelle's
recipe, the hostess' sister. The rec-
ipe will be in the cook book spon-
sored by the super Seniors assisted
by the 3 Ws.
The Cook book committee met
and counted 319 recipes already
turned in for the book. They have
extended the time limit through out
the month of January. The Super
Seniors especially want recipes from
the young cooks, so young cooks
take your "good" recipes to the sanc-
tuary office and place them in the
box upon the Sunday School classes'
filing cabinet.
Doris Hartman always brings a
surprise for the snack table. This
time she had fruit cake slices, divin-
ity candy topped with a pecan half,
nutty fudge patties, and date-nut
circles. For those on a diet it must
have been very tempting.
In the "Show and Tell Time" where
new ideas come from, Virginia Davis
had finished a cape-stole of white
with brown square medallions,
centered with 8 pointed white stars.
Davis presented it to the hostess as
a gift, which made it a perfect day
for Guynell.
Davis showed a single stitch cro-
cheted stripe bed-size Afghan with
every stripe a different color-one
might call it a "Jacob Afghan of
Many Colors."
Dixie Dolcater brought a fish bowl
with live variegated leafed ivy in a
"Jelly like" small squares. She ex-
plained that her daughter gave her
a small bag of tiny granules with in-
struction to pour water over them in
a large bowl. The miracle was that
each granule became a one-fourth
to one-half inch square of clear jelly-
like liquid fertilizer, place in a fish
bowl and put your ivy in to grow.
Whenever the squares become dry
to the finger tips, wash in a colan-
der, drain and replace in your fish
bowl with your growing ivy. In the
flsh bowl, the squares look like bro-
ken clear marblea. Dixie added a
German Sweet Chocolate cake to
the snack table.
Haael Steed demonstrated cro-
cheting around a wire coat hanger.
What a nice gift to receive a dozen
covered hangers which Hazel gives
to members of her family.
The hostess showed a crocheted
coat hanger covered entirely from
top to bottom in a shell stitch and
taught on how to make one. Thelma
Clinton had borrowed the hanger
from Rena Brunt which was a gift
from her neice, Bobbie Lou Andrews.
Doris Hartman modeled a green
sweat shirt with beautiful fabric
roses outlined with metallic paints
and brought material to cut out
designs to be placed upon a gray
shirt. Doris also brought four cook
books from variouB churches and
organizations that the members
enjoyed glancing through.
The hostess modeled a long sleeve
slip-on tan sweater with three
cream-color stripes of 1,3, and 5
inch crocheted in diagonal shell with
stripes going from hip to diagonal
shoulder. She showed a beige slip-
on vest sweater with a 5 inch red
stripe as previous designed sweater,
and a long sleeve, turned back cuff,
open, green sweater in like pattern
which came from Ha Kelly.
Opal Moake was making a spring
house door wreath of dried flowers
with filler and silk flowers which
was very attractive and pretty.
The group was so glad to welcome
Minnie Wrightbackas she had been
out for a year with the removal of
one knee cap. She braves walking
upon a walker until surgery time.
The members worked upon sew-
ing, crocheting, writing recipes, and
finishing odd and snds of work until
11:46 at which time all work was
stopped as each formed a circle and
Virginia led the "Prayer" for peace
in the world, and for all who needed
our Lord's help.
Doris' name was drawn by Hazel
for the deer made from needle point
on plastic with a note"Want a Kiss,
Then Squeeze My Jaws," which
revealed a candy kiss.
After having a "Dutch Treat"
hamburger, the hostess let each one
serve herself to warm peach cobbler
with ice cream.
Work continued until departure
time.
Virginia Davis invited the 3Ws to
her home for the Feb. 12 meeting
with instructions: Bring only your-
self, fancy work, and things to "Show
and Tell," as you will make your
own sandwich at her house, she will
During the month of December,
1990, the Rusk Volunteer Fire
Department responded to five Air I
calls, a burning storage building on
FM 1248, a gas spill at Willis Tex-
aco Station, two car fires, a chimney
fire on the Mount Hope Road and a
motor home fire on FM752. Through
Jan. 20, firemen responded to three
Air I calls, two grass fires, one car
fire, a house fire at Mr. Turner's
residence on U.S. 84 West with
minor damage and a false alarm. At
4:54 a.m. Jan. 18, firemen responded
to a laundry room fire at the Bir-
mingham "Care Center, Highway
84 East. The fire was extinguished
with damage to a dryer and a minor
structure damage.
New Fire Department officers
were installed on Jan. 14. They are
Clifford Harris, Fire Chief; Jamie
Weaver, first assistant chief; Jack
White, second assistantchief; Doyle
Ra sherry, treasurer; Thomas Par-
sons, fire marshal and secretary;
Larry Robertson, assistant fire
marshal; Wayne Morgan, reporter;
David Parsons, trustee. David Par-
sons, also received the Fireman ef
the Year Award. He is now also a
full time fireman for the City of
Rusk.
A word of thanks to everyone for
the continued support of the de-
partment and a special thanks to
all for being extra careful with lights
and flames during the Christmas
season. For RVFD it was a quiet
Christmas and we thank you for
this present. We urge you to con-
tinue to be aware of the ever pres-
ent danger of fire.
If you have a question about fire
or fire prevention, please address a
letter to the paper and I will try to
find an answer for you.
AlTO VollJNTEER FÍRE DEpARTMENT IMeWS
By MARTY BAUGH
The "Alto Christmas Tree" will
remain lighted, as firefighters have
now decorated the tree with yellow
bows in honor of the loved ones
fighting for our country. It will be
called the "DeBert Storm" tree and
anyone can call the fire chief at868-
4356 to have a bow placed on it for
their "Loved Ones."
Not only with the tree, show that
you care by placing bows at your
home, on your trees and porches
and fly the Flag.
In March, Alto Firefighters will
be having a rummage sale, all pro-
ceeds go towards fire prevention in
October. Anyone wishing to donate
items call the Fire Chief Garwin
Baugh or on Tuesday after 7 p.m. at
858-2252. Date for the rummage
sale will announced later. Now is
the time to clean out those closets
for spring cleaning.
The yellow bows will have the
loved one's name printed on it and
we will list them in the paper. Names
this week are: Greg Crosby, Terry
Anderson, Stephen Crosby, Nolan
Cox, Terry Carter, Jeffery May,
Kelvin Blakemore, Micheal Hous-
ton, Jeffery CurtiB, and Firefighter
Kenneth Clark.
A big thank you to the Ladies
Auxiliary for their donation to the
Fire Department. President Thelma
Sherrouse presented Fire Chief
Baugh with a check Monday at their
meeting.
Singletary
Memorial Library
By: Peggy McArthur
LIBRARY HOURS: Monday
from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
from 12 noon to 5 p.m.
STORY TIME: Wednesdays
10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., ages three to
six invited.
NEW BOOKS - FICTION - IN-
CLUDES! John LeCarre - THE
SECRET PILGRIM - Ned, a Brit-
ish Intelligence agent nearing the
end of his career, revisits three
decades, of his past and faces ques-
tions that have haunted him for
thirty years.
John Mortimer - RUMPOLE A
LA CARTE • Horace Rumpole stars
in six tales of triumph in the British
justice rystem.
Rosamunds Pilcher • THE ■ "
BEDROOM In Pikher's first col-
lection of vl\ort n tori un ^
into the lives of ordinary people who
encounter extraordinary events.
Mario Puzo - THE FOURTH K-
The author draws upon the Ken-
nedy legend to bring us a novel of
suspense and intrigue.
NON - FICTION. Éarbara Man-
drell - GET TO THE HEARTt MY
STORY -The popular country music
artist tells us about her life.
Burton Gordon Malkiel • A RAN-
DOM WALK DOWN WALL
STREET - The author offers us a
guide to personal investing, the
mathematics of investments and
stocks.
DONATIONS for books in mem-
ory of Oma Holcomb, Rose White,
and Page Hageman were received
this month from The Clase of 1940 -
Rusk, Mrs. Q.V. Vaughn, The Ha-
void Pul t HI H Arthur*
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