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Texas—Thursday, October 21/1*93
Marie Whitehead
What Í8 real? What is reality?
Funny, how we learn bo much from
our children, our friends, from na-
ture. Recently, my car's gas tank
was on empty. My body felt on
empty. A real feeling. And a lot of
odd thoughts, recollections began
to float past.
■ Picking up a fallen squirrel's
nest in the back yard shed light
on one of life's great mysteries.
What happens to those missing
socks? The squirrel had
"squirreled" one away, all the
way up to her nest! Along with a
mechanic's cleaning cloth. The
real world of a squirrel.
And then I remembered another
experience of a family of coons, strug-
gling to co-exist with people on what
had originally been for eons of time
past, the coon's native habitat! The
unwilling to be evicted coons just
changed houses in trees for houses
in the attic space of an apartment
complex. This was for real. I heard.
1 saw.
But a deer's hark, inside Aus-
tin City Limits? Yes, it was for
real, too. Not seen, but heard
nscently. Seen by others another
diay, but not by me. Still I knew.
It was reaL Their dainty dining
on domestic vegetation proved
th eir presence.
• j\nd then there was a swirling,
churning mass of dark things flying
above. Crows, I wondered? Buz-
zards, perhaps? So many. More than
lOt). And finally. It dawned. Ducks
rising up from a rest stop on the
Neches River were attempting to
get airborneforfurthertravelsouth.
Ancl what I witnessed was just an
organizational Committee meeting
to choose the "lead" duck on the first
pattern of flight. Very real! So low,
I could have touched one on the
win$;... almost.
Earlier, walking on Congress,
downtown Austin, a policeman
stood by a girl stretched flat on
the sidewalk. Her companion
stood by, silent, distraught. Her
bracelet told the story. She was
diabetic. An ambulance had
been called. And that was real.
More recently, the brilliance of a
light followed by a split second clap
of thunder suggested what I knew
was imminently to be real...rain.
And it was falling on cut hay. Good
news for some, bad for cut hay. But
very real.
All of life is a part of our quite
real, reality. Toothaches, head-
aches, Somalia, Russia, Bosnia,
even the UNIT system. It is how
we deal with the real today that
determine's tomorrow's reality.
Somehow I feel "real" better al-
ready for having shared this with
you! Until next week? -mw
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor: >
We are writing in regards to the
proposed Unit Road System. As it is
on the Nov. 2 ballot, we hop4 that
voters will think long and ha
fore stepping into a hole that j
counties in our great state ha
you do, your tax dollars will t
by someone you have no ha
electing, naming the county engi-
neer. Do we want centralized con-
trol of our road maintenance? Cen-
tralized control has been very disas-
trous to many a nation. Why"not a
county? We sure do not need an-
other entity between the tax payers
and the one who decides what to do
about the road. Right now we can go
to our commissioner and bend his
ear and pound on his desk and dis-
cuss the problems with our road,
which we think are justifiable. Jf he
corrects them fine. If not, we will
remember come next election. That
is control that citizens must have
over their tax money. What can we
do about a non-elected official who
spends our tax money? Nothing.
Now as to the hiring of a county
.engineer, who will do that? That
could lead to the possibility of a
buddy buddy system.
Now to the part of saving the
county money. As everyone knows
numbers can be very misleading.
How many times in the past have
County, State and Federal agencies
touted savings, if some changes were
made? Oh, many times! We believe
changes should come from the tax-
paying public and not pushed by a
top elected official.
How many good taxpaying citi-
zens will lose their jobs in order to
staff an engineer, his secretary and
office and equipment? As it now
stands it sure is nice to have surplus
of equipment and people in the
county to handle all problems dur-
ing a natural disaster such as floods
and tornadoes. Under the Unit Road
System where will all the people
and equipment come from? Hire
outside contracts? Who will do that?
If itisdoneby the biddingsystem as
it should be that will take time and
that is something we don't have in
an emergency.
Please think about it voters, don't
be led down the supposedly prim-
rose path.
June and Rudy Cervenka
Dear Editor:
Three weeks ago, I wrote in the
hope of encouraging churches to
introduce dialogue worship. By dia-
logue, I mean classes without les-
son plans, a speaker, time frames,
or attempts to build us into second
rate historian. I refer to gathering
where the only structure is the open-
ing and closing with prayer-where
folks talk about how to apply the
scriptures to their 20th century
lives, bring in relevant scriptures
as needed.
You don't have to be another
Martin Luther to know that evolu-
tion within Christendom is not per-
fected. And you don't have to be a
great intellect to chafe at the feel-
ing that you are stuck in a little red
school house where no one is ever
allowed to graduate. That has
driven off many and it need not be
so.
In response to my letter, I re-
ceived congratulatory phone calls
and a delightful, open letter to you
from Mrs. Susan Pate, in "rebuttal"
to my letter. Actually, I was unable
to interpret Mrs. Pate's letter as a
rebuttal, and found in it, much to
agree with. In the main, her letter
was" an advertisement for her
church, which she did not name.
I am happy for Mrs. Pate that she
has found what she is looking for.
But her happiness must not begot
forgetfulness of those who have not.
Christianity, more than most reli-
gions, teaches that you find your
salvation by helping others find
theirs. But this is not a job for church
authorities alone. History speaks
to us from the time of the Inquisi-
tion as to what can happen when
you leave too much to the church
authorities.
We lose a certain percentage of
people because they can never ac-
cept the message of Christianity;
there is nothing to be done about
that. We lose another, larger per-
centage because we rigidly wed the
message to a methodology. That is
preventable.
In the young adult years, before
the fatigue of age, and after the
embarrassment of early youth, the
traditional services are not rejected.
Am I the only one who has noticed
there is a missing generation in
churches?
Sincerely,
Ray Cryer
Dear Editor:
The other day, as we were driving
down Tena Street in Jacksonville,
we saw an old black hound by the
side of the road. It was skinny, dirty
and very tired looking. Head down,
tail between its legs, anyone could
see that life had not been kind to the
dog and it was living the life of the
unwanted, scavenging in garbage
cans and, often, fighting over what
it finds. Destined to die because no
one cared.
We turned around as soon as we
could and came back to take a closer
look. As we approached the dog, it
became frightened and ran into the
weeds and then around a building
out of sight. It had developed a deep
sense of distrust for man, probably
because of extensive abuse. Sadly,
we turned around and started home., A*
33
people, allowed the overbreeding of
pet animals to get so out?-of-control?
This year in the United States, we
will put to sleep approximately SIX-
TEEN MILLION pet hnimals in
pounds and shelters. And that
doesn't solve the prQbtaaiVit*does
, not even control it. ■ . -,v . ,
asked myself* 1 tal*'k
let) "Wh4\>puia solve th% prob-
lem'" And the answer came Mke a
flash from the blue!!! ALL PE^T't
. ' • " % •< •' |V «V •
OWNERS (DOG AND CAT)
SHOULD HAVE THEIR PETS
SPAYED OR NEUTERED. Now,
isn't that simple!!!!??? No please,
don't come back at me with all of
those worn-out arguments about the
operation makes the animal lazy, or
they will have a better tempera-
ment if we let them have JUST
ONE LITTER. Just one
litter could lead to as many ani-
mals in five years as there are
people in the City of RUSK!!!
It's the money, isn't it folks? That
is why we don't run down and have
our pets fixed. It's less than $100
and it only haB to be done once.
Come on, people do you love that
hound out there in the yard or don't
you? WE DONT NEED ANY MORE
ANIMALS!!! THERE ARE AL-
READY ENOUGH ANIMALS FOR
EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND
' JLD IN CHEROKEE COUNTY
f&'tíAVE AT LEAST ONE
APIECE And lets face it, folks,,
that'é'tóó many.
Gall your vet now and make an
appointment to take Rover and Miss
Kitty in for a spay or neuter. They'll
live longer, and let's face it, it is 'he
responsible thing to do. 'God Bless
the animals.
John McCloskey
. Cherokee Humané Society
' ■ P.Q. Box 984
Maydelle 75772-0984
Dear Editor:
This letter is in response to the
letter a few weeks ago about wor-
ship services in Rusk churches and
to add a few thoughts to Mrs. Pate's
fine comments.
The writer seemed to indicate that
churches were dead and irrelevant
in Rusk since they did not have
active participation in the services.
However, it seems that he has con-
fused style of worship with sub-
stance of worship. Communities,
cultures and individuals vary to such
an extent that worship of God may
be expressed in a variety of ways. A
loud, relaxed, boisterous worship
service may reflect a certain com-
munity of individuals. A subdued,
structured service may reflect an-
other group of individuals. The
church has been designed to allow
such flexibility.
General guidelines for worship
are, as Mrs. Pate pointed out, that
things be done "decently and in or-
der" and that worship be done "in
Spirit and in truth." The first prin-
ciple guides the outward expression
of worship.. The second principle
guides the inward attitude. Other
elements observed in New Testa-
ment worship services include giv-
ing of thanks, singing, prayers, con-
fessions, givingof offering, proclaim-
ing the Word and observing the or-
dinances.
The gentleman's letter did point
out a concern to the church commu-
nity. Worship is not a ritual but is a
dialogue with God. We are to en-
counter God in a personal way as we
worship. However, our ability to fel-
lowship with God is directly related
to our fellowship with our neigh-
bors. We must make things right
with others before we approach the
altar.
My concern for this man and other
individuals is that they have writ-
ten off the church at a time when we
%ieed it most. We need the church to
answer difficult ethical questions
facing us today. We need the church
to teach our children moral guide-
lines. We need the church to give
help and encouragement to our fami-
lies in times of need.
The church must constantly re-
valuate its program to ensure that
it is serving the needs of its mem-
bers. Individuals in the church must
also constantly evaluate themselves
so that they maintain a vital rela-
tionship with God.
Perhaps letters such as the one
written by this «hurch critic are
necessary from time to time to spur
us to self-examination and greater
service.
Sincerely yours,
Rev. John Cunningham
Minister of Music and Youth
First Baptist Church,
Rusk
Correction!
The name of Nathan Parrish was
omitted from the list of Distin-
guished Honor Roll at Rusk High
School.
We congratulate this young man
on his achievements. We regret that
his name was omitted from the list
provided by the school.
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A PICTURE OF THE BACHELOR GIRLS' CLUB members founders of the Singletary
Memorial Library, is displayed at the library. In front are Lena Miller, Gusta Koenig,
Florida L. Parishe, Elizabeth Wightman, unknown, unknown. Edna Frazer, unknown;
in back are Etta Summers, Ella Curtis, Ethel Simmons, Mary Perkins, Nell Gregg,
Stella Cox and Kate Dickinson. Not pictured were Bessie KillingSworth, Mary
Bonner Pickins, Antoinette Landrum, Mary Maxwell, Viola Dickinson, Sue M. Case
and Mary Whitfield.
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Bachelor Girls' Club Library charter
Singletary
Memorial Library
By: Peggy McArthur
LIBRARY HOURS: Monday
from 2 to 7. Tuesday from noon to 5.
Wednesday from 10 to 3. Thursday
and Friday from noon to 5.
STORY TIME: Wednesday from
10:30 to 11, ages three to six.
HISTORICAL MARKER: In
1902, a group of young ladies formed
the Bachelor Girl's Library Club.
They started the first library in Rusk
and filled a bookcase with books.
This gave citizens their first oppor-
tunity to borrow books. Over the
years the library was maintained
by this group. This club now exists
as the Rusk Library Study Club.
Although they turned the library
over to the city in 1969, they contin-
ued to support the library. In honor
of that first group of ladies, a His-
torical Marker will be dedicated at
Singletary Memorial Library at 2
p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 24. Please join
us for this ceremony conducted by
the Cherokee County Historical
Commission and the reception fol-'
lowing.
NEW: No Reck'ning Made,
Joanne Greenberg. A young lady
teaches school in rural Colorado
years ago.
A new mystery and detective story
is Wars and Winters, by Alfred
Coppel.
The Doomsday Marshal and the
Mountain Man, by Ray Hogan, is a
western novel.
NON-FICTION: President
-Kennedy, by Richard Reeves.
Wouldn 'tTake Nothing For My Jour-
ney, by Maya Angelou.
Christopher Meeks
receives Navy
Achievement Medal
t
Marine Cpl. Christopher W.
Meeks, a 1989 graduate of
Nacogdoches High School recently
received the Navy Achievement
Medal.
Meeks was cited for superior per-
formance of duty while serving with
First Battalion, Sixth Marines, Sec-
ond Marine Division, Marine Corps
1 Base, Camp Lejeune, N.C. where he
is currently assigned.
The award, presented during for-
mal ceremonies, is official recogni-
tion for outstanding accomplish-
ments, achievements and devotion
to duty.
He joined the Marine Corps in
June of 1989.
Nothing makes a person more
productive than the last minute.
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The Alto Herald
The first annual Alto Country Fair
. was held j 1977, for the participa-
tion of?*Idült artisans. and "J
craftspeople in the Alto area!, y >
Over 700 visitors attended attd
registered at the door of the Alto
Lions Club Building, coming from
Kansas, Arizona, Indiana, Arkan-
sas, Louisiana and Jamaica.
Exhibited items weife hot sold,
but judged and presented ribbons,.
There was no admission <4Varge.
The Alto Senior Citisens Friend-
ship Club sponsored the fair, which .
was held for their henefit, so that
they could show their work. •••< , -i.
Exhibited items included: needle-
Work, quilting, embroidery, crochet,
knitting, paintings, ceramics, sculp-
ture, woodworking, ftirniture restor-
ing, basketry, rhacrame, dolls,
wallhangings, flower arrangenterfts,
weaving, baked goods and canned
foods.
Judges for the exhibits were &u-,-
san Scoles and Dian Corbin-of *
Nacogdoches and Mrs. Rubefy J
Humphreys and Mrs GeorpptpTírt!^*)
of Palestine. > \-.v ,
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Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 145, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 21, 1993, newspaper, October 21, 1993; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth152134/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.