Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 158, No. 50, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 6, 2008 Page: 3 of 16
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EDITORIAL BOARD
Whitehead Enterprises Inc.
publisher
Marie Whitehead
editor
Terrie W. Gonzalez
managing editor
Texas' Oldest Continuously
Published Weekly Newspaper
Established as the
Cherokee Sentinel, Feb. 27,1850
Consolidation of The Cherokeean,
The Alto Herald and
the Wells News &Views
COLUMNS
cherokeean
HERALD
Page 3A
Wednesday, February 6,2008
www.thecherokeean.com
From The Top
Have you not known?
Have you not heard,
that the everlasting
God, the LORD, the Creator
of the ends of the earth,
faints not, neither is weary?
There is no searching of
His understanding (Isaiah
40:28)?
For as long as I can
remember, there have been
those who prophesy doom
and gloom upon the United
States of America.
You know, "America has
turned her back on God,"
and "Our nation can not
stand with the way things
are going," and "The interest
is up and the stock market's
down, and you're going to
get mugged if you go down-
town."
Gas prices remain ob-
scene. They've almost
doubled since I came to
work for Whitehead Enter-
prises in 2003.
Grocery and energy prices
are rising, in fact, almost
every expense we have is
rising... but our income is
not.
Unemployment is also
rising.
We have a war going on in
LELAND ACKER
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Afghanistan and Iraq. We
all know someone who is
involved in this fight.
Even worse, there are
no Presidential candidates
on the ballot to get excited
about. There are no Frank-
lin D. Roosevelts offering
new deals, no Ronald Rea-
gans telling us our best days
are ahead of us. Nope. The
only reason anyone seems to
be giving us to vote for them
is "the other guy is worse."
Maybe our problem is that
We have placed too much
faith in our economy, our
careers and even our politi-
cal parties.
Have we forgot Who is in
control?
"Have you not known.
Have you not heard?"
Why should we turn our
trust over to God? Why
should we look to Him
instead of the Democratic or
Republican party? Because
God's wisdom surpasses all
of theirs (There is no search-
ing of His understanding).
He gives power to the faint
and strength to the Weak
(Isaiah 40:29). Do you ever
wonder how people who
have hard walks of life make
it? How do parents of three
small children support them
and rear them properly?
God gives them the strength
to do so.
Isaiah 40:28-31 is a pas-
sage of encouragement. It
encourages us to trust the
Lord, who will give us the
strength to face whatever
life throws at us.
I don't know how the elec-
tions are going to turn out.
I can not prophesy victory
or gloom for the U.S. What
I can tell you, is win or lose,
depression or prosperity,
that everything will be okay.
"I don't know about tomor-
row, but I know Who holds
my hand."
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Scene In Passing
Well, if this doesn't
beat a goose
a'gobbhn.' Been here
for the last hour, lost all my
copy, trying to "save" the file.
I waxed eloquently for an
hour, telling you the flip side
of "the perils of Pauline.3
Saturday had been a great
day for me. Anew Rusk
resident introduced herself
at the grocery store and it
was a happy few minutes.
She outlined her story of love
at first sight with our town.
Much like Penny Reynolds,
last year 's president of the
Rusk chamber. Much like
myself one day in May, 1950
when the Better Half and I
rode into town, looking for a
home, a business to buy. It
is good to hear when oth-
ers join our enthusiasm for
this very special place. Her
name is Joyce Taylor and
her spouse is Roy. They had
hved in Longview and he was
looking for a railroading job.
When they learned of a new
future for the Texas State
Railroad, they wasted no
MARIE WHITEHEAD
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time in checking it out. He
was hired and put to work
immediately He has high
tech machinist skills. They
found their dream home on
the Mt. Hope Road, complete
with a mountain top view.
They love it, and they found
their church home nearby:
Mt. Hope Missionary Baptist
Church.
Joyce was like a five-year-
old under the Christmas
tree. She helped me beheve
more strongly in my dream-
-that our town has the
greatest potential for growth
and economic development
just waiting to happen. If you
run into our new citizens,
welcome them.
Another happening
brought extreme joy also.
One of our newer business
owners, Harl and Melissa
Brannon, owners of The Iron
Horse Mercantile, were the
beneficiaries of a contract
with American Heritage
Railroads, to provide the food
service for the TSR. Now
that's an economic bless-
ing. and good for the local
economy, too.
It didn't generate any
extra money, but it was a
million dollar moment in
pride and happiness, not to
mention history, when the
chamber's leadership came
by the day the rains began to
fah. KTLUam andKWRW-
fm received the Business
of the Month award, and
when the drought returns,
we hope to display the big,
red-letter banner at the front
of our building. We could,
conceivably, grant to the
chamber credit for the rain.
11' the chamber could magi-
cally "make it rain," we could
quickly resolve any financial
problems, right?
Recently returned from
a sea voyage are about two
dozens Ruskites who put a
plan together with the help
of Sarah Welch, I look with
wonder and awe at these wa-
ter trips. But when invited, I
have to admit, I can't swim.
One foot needs to stay on the
ground.
When you have time, get
on board with some e-mails
for me. Only one this week.
He is a newspaper pubhsher
friend from the 1970s. Larry
Jackson, now pubhsher of
The Fayette County Record
at LaGrange and president of
the Texas Newspaper Foun-
dation wrote, "One of the
nicest things about the news-
paper exchange that TPA
(Texas Press Association) is
coordinating, is getting to see
the work of old friends. See-
ing what you had in "Scene
in Passing" made my morn-
ing. And reading about your
Sock Hop Chamber event
was fun, too. I count my brief
stay in East Texas as manag-
ing editor of the Henderson
paper a treasured memory,
particularly because Susie
and I got to ride the open-
ing train of the Texas State
Railroad. (That was 1976).
You were there to make it
a very special day indeed.
Who could ask for a better
life than that of a newspaper
editor?"
And a good question, that
is. Printer's ink is in the
blood, according to old tim-
ers.
I must mention a few of
our community concerns.
Neighbor Jim Turner is
looking forward to coming
home. He's had a tough time
lately. He and Joyce have a
daughter-in-law, Linda, and
a granddaughter, Kahla,
both receiving treatments
for cancer. And Joyce has an
ill, elderly aunt, Flo Ott, who
is under the weather. And
we hear that Paul Moseley
is still in the hospital for
treatment of what began as
pneumonia.
Here's wisdom, author
unknown: "There's an impor-
tant difference between giv-
ing up and letting go." That's
heavy. Think about it.
High Points From El Camino Real
Folks along El Camino
Real had a "whatever"
attitude when it came
to the Superbowl this past
weekend. It's pretty much
a fact around here that if
a Texas team isn't in the
Superbowl, then we don't
much care about it. We
might pay a httle money to
buy a square of a score sheet
or watch the game for the
commercials, but the excite-
ment is gone with the Texas
teams. We've had a few
things stirring around town,
but most folks have been
busy working around their
places and enjoying the
nice weekends we've been
having. It's not a lot, but I
believe I can shake four bits'
worth of news out of it.
Bro. Bill Cunningham
passed away a few Weeks
ago and I thought some of
you might remember him.
He was the pastor of A.
Frank Smith United Meth-
odist Church from approxi-
mately 1964 to 1968. His
wife Jane started the first
kindergarten in Alto with
Orell Grammer. I guess the
reason that I remember this
so well is because I was in
that kindergarten class. We
did a play of Snow White
and the Seven Dwarfs and
performed it at the old high
school auditorium. The Rev.
Cunningham was a good fel-
low and we need to remem-
ber his wife and family in
our prayers.
Chester "Chet" Woj
passed away this past
week. Chet and his wife
Charlene moved to Alto
CHRIS DAVIS
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15-20 years ago and built
a nice home on El Camino
Real near Linwood. They
originally opened it as a bed
and breakfast, but after a
fire they rebuilt it as their
home, I often visited with
Chet at the post office when
I was justice of the peace,
but I haven't run into him in
some time, I had heard that
he had been ill. Please keep
his wife Charlene in your
prayers.
Patsy Huggins called to re-
mind me of her granddaugh -
ter's birthday, Caroline's
baby girl, Luna Huggins, is
going to be four years old
on Feb. 9. These kids grow
up fast. It doesn't seem like
it has been anytime since
she was in a baby stroller.
I forgot to put Luna's Aunt
Ann Ferell's birthday in
the paper for Patsy a few
weeks ago, so maybe I can
get back in their good graces
by remembering them both
now. Happy birthday Luna,
and a late happy birthday
to Ann!
We have a new café in
beautiful downtown Alto.
Barry and Charlene Bonier
have been working for the
past few weeks cleaning
and scrubbing and getting
their new restaurant ready
to open. The Alto Café is lo-
cated across from the Dollar
General Store in the build-
ing that was the Rio Grande
Mexican Restaurant. The
Alto Café opened on Sat-
urday and I've heard good
things about the food from
everyone. The Alto Café will
feature a breakfast buffet
seven days a week. The café
will be open from 6 a.m. to
9 p.m. Monday through Sat-
urday and from 6 a.m. to 3
p.m. on Sunday with a lunch
buffet. When Toby Sartain
had the Country Kettle open
we had to change the church
service times at the Meth-
odist church because the
Baptists were getting out
early and eating up all the
chicken dressing. Reverend
Dobbins is going to have
to speed things up or the
Methodists are going to be
back to eating the Baptists'
leavin's again. Good luck to
Barry and Charlene Bonier
at the Alto Cafe!
On Wednesday morning I
drove by the new place and
was shocked to see all the
old roundtable bunch sitting
in the cafe, I slopped to find
out what Was going on and
to find out why they weren't
at Marion Lindsey's Lazy L
Barbecue and Mexican Food
in Lindseyville. When the
Rio Grande quit opening for
breakfast. Marion opened
his place so the wise ones of
the morning would have a
The new owner of the Alto Cafe Barry Bomerand his staff
watch and learn from the morning coffee drinkers also
known as "the wise men of the Roundtable." From left
are Oliver Griffith, Larry Davis, Sam Chapman Billy Ray
Johnson, William Gates and Harold Parker. Not pictured
is Steve McCarty.
place to congregate. Out of
the goodness of his heart he
tolerated them chinking pot
after pot of rich black coffee,
while paying only a dollar
for the privilege.
Marion didn't complain as
the weak-bladdered old ones
marched back and forth to
his restroom costing him
money with every flush.
They used his napkins to
blow their noses and clean
their glasses, but Marion
didn't complain.
He figured he was do-
ing his part to spread their
knowledge throughout our
area. When I went in the
café they told me that Barry
Bonier had invited them for
free coffee and some break-
fast to see how everything
was going to work. The wise
ones of the roundtable are a
loyal bunch until they hear
that magic word, "free."
Sometimes they remind
me of a herd of wild hogs
moving from oak tree to oak
tree. Just when I didn't
think things could get any
worse, in walks Marion's
brother-in-law, Steve Mc-
Carty, of Lindseyville. At
first I thought he was
spying for Marion, but the
guilty look on his face told
me otherwise,
That "free" word had got-
ten him, too. I could picture
poor Marion in my mind
quoting from Juhus Caesar,
"Et tu Brute, then fall Cae-
sar." Who knows where the
morning winds will blow the
wise ones of the roundtable
next week? The wind can do
some strange things — one
morning you can smell the
manure from a feedlot and
the next morning you're eat-
ing breakfast with the wise
men of the roundtable.
I guess I've covered and
uncovered just about every-
thing that needed telhng for
now. Keep the news coming
and I'll do my best to spread
it around. I'll see ya next
week! And remember. The
only ones who know all
the answers are politi-
cians out of a job.
Cljerokeeaij
HERALD
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Consolidation of
The Cherokeean,
The Alto Herald and
the Wells News & Views
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