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Cljei'okeeai} Herald ■ thecherokeean.com
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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EDITORIAL BOARD
Whitehead Enterprises Inc.
publisher
MARIE WHITEHEAD
editor
TERRIE W. GONZALEZ
managing editor
FAST I f°rward
A notable tribute, indeed
I stared at my hands and
and felt anger. "Why
won't you mind me?"
It wasn't a matter of
understanding the notes on
the page as I tried to peck
out "Beautiful Dreamer'' on
the old family piano.
I grasped the I i me signa-
ture, the weight of the notes
and could correctly iden-
tify them in my beginner's
primer book.
But each time I command-
ed my 10-year-old fingers
to play my ears heard the
unpleasant tone of a sour
note.
My frustration roiled, and
I slammed the case on the
piano to hide the ivory keys
from view. "No more.''
I went outside to think
about how I was going to
explain the grand finale to
my music career.
There were two women
who had to be convinced
that I had given it my best
shot: my mom, and Gloria
Dotson, my piano teacher.
Gloria only had to look at
my dad to see that the apple
never falls from the tree.
She and my dad had a
running joke that they never
seemed to tire of altering —
and the banter went on for
years.
TERRIE GONZALEZ
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"Gloria, can I sing a solo
with you in the choir on
Sunday,'' my dad would imp-
ishly ask.
"Sure, Emmett, we'd love
to have you in the choir."'
"Okay. I'll be there. And
I'll sing 'so low' nobody
hears."
And they'd both laugh at
the joke because each knew
that dad was absolutely, 100
percent tone deaf.
On the front page of this
issue of the Cherokeean
Herald, we have a story
about a remarkable man,
Charles Davis,
Charles teaches music
at Lon Morris College, and
there is always a tune run-
ning around in his head.
A catchy, military march
seemed to drum in his mind.
so he sat down at his com-
puter to work out the beat.
When he was finished, he
had composed a march and
scored all the parts from
percussion and clarinets to
trombones and tubas.
The only thing missing
was a name for his labor of
love. Then he had an idea.
He decided to name the song
after this newspaper. The
Cherokeean,
He told us that he loves
weekly newspapers because
of the way that they reflect
the communities they serve.
And by naming his new
march The Cherokeean, he
said it was a way to give a
gift to everyone in the com-
munity.
I listened to the march
over and over on my CD
player and felt absolutely
speechless at the honor
Charles bestowed on the
state's oldest, weekly news-
paper.
And then my thoughts
wandered to my late dad
and Gloria, who died a few
weeks ago. Gloria would
have definitely enjoyed the
composition. Dad would
have made up lyrics for his
next "so low'' performance.
Thank you, Charles, for a
very notable tribute.
THE QI factor
Thanks for a great year
This issue officially
marks my first year
here in Rusk and
with the Cherokeean
Herald.
If you want to be specific,
my first article actually ap-
peared two weeks prior to
my fir st, week in Rusk, but
July 1 was my official start
date.
All in all, it's been a great
year. I've written a lot of
stories. That phrase is
not the most journalistic thing I've ever
Written, but I have seriously lost count of
how many stories I ve written. Most have
been about good subjects. Some have been
about sad ones. In the end, I've written
about a little slice of hfe every week.
Thank you to each and every one of the
people whom I have interviewed for let-
ting me have a glimpse at your lives, even
if only for a short time.
Thanks go out as well to the coaching
staffs at Rusk, Alto and Jacksonville.
Whenever I needed a quote, every coach
was available for me to interview. In ad-
dition, thank you to the athletes at each
high school. Everyone should be proud of
all of you because you're great people on
and off the field or court.
Thank you to everyone at the Cherokee
Civic Theatre for the fun I had during
April Fish and The Wooing of Lady Sun-
day. I've always loved acting and that was
QUINTEN BOYD
chreporter@mediactr.com
a perfect way to get back
into it.
Thank you to everyone at
Whitehead Enterprises for
giving me an opportunity to
get started in journalism.
No matter what I do and no
matter where I go, I'll know
that I got my start here and
I will always look back on
my time here fondly.
Thank you to the people
across Cherokee County.
This county is filled with so
many nice people that have embraced me
from the start. It's a lot like back home
in Morris and Cass counties, which has
given me a comfort level that many people
don't get in their first job out of college.
Thank you to TCU, Jarvis Christian
College, the University of North Texas,
Stephen F. Austin and Paul Pewitt ISD
for shaping and molding me into who I
am.
Thank you to all of my friends who have
kept me going and kept me smiling.
Thank you to my family across the state
and the nation. Everything that I am, I
am because of all of you.
Thank you to my parents and brother,
Kerry, Lisa and Casey Boyd. I always
swore that I would make you proud and I
promise I will continue to do so.
In short, thanks to all of you who let me
into your hfe, even if for a moment. I love
what I do, and I hope you do, as well.
BOWMAN'S
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East Texas murder leads to end for Bonnie and Clyde
During their Depression-
era crime wave between
1931 and 1934, Bonnie and
Clyde were suspected of kill-
ing at least twelve people,
including nine peace officers,
in Texas, Arkansas and
Louisiana.
History says Bonnie and
Clyde came to Lufkin in the
1930s and stole a car with
a child lying on the back-
seat. Discovering the child,
they abandoned the car and
swiped another.
The child was Benton
Musslewhite, who would
later become an attorney
and a losing candidate for
Congress.
But it was a prison escape
and the murder of a guard,
also in East Texas, that
ultimately gave lawmen the
lead that led to the demise of
Bonnie and Clyde and sent
Raymond Hamilton, one of
their first partners in crime,
to the electric chair.
Caught on a robbery
conviction in 1933 and jailed
at Eastham Prison near
Weldon in Trinity County,
Hamilton persuaded James
Mullens, a drug addict, to
contact Bonnie and Clyde in
Dallas when released.
Early on January 13,
1934, Bonnie and Clyde
BOB BOWMAN
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delivered Mullens and Floyd
Hamilton, Raymond's older
brother, to a place near an
Eastham field camp. There,
they hid a pair of .45 pistols
in a culvert nearby.
Around 6 a.m. on Janu-
ary 16, a prison work crew
including Raymond Ham-
ilton and another prisoner,
Joe Palmer, passed by the
culvert. Hamilton and
Palmer grabbed the guns,
killing guard Major Crowson
and won tiding guard Olin
Bozeman.
Bonnie and Clyde honked
their car horn to guide
Hamilton, Palmer and
three other prisoners, Henry
Methvin, Hilton Bybee and
J.B. French. The prisoners
piled into the car, which
headed toward Hillsboro and
Fort Worth, where Bybee,
Hamilton and Palmer were
dropped off. Hamilton and
Palmer were later captured
at Howe,
Eventually, it was Henry
Methvin's decision to accom-
pany Bonnie and Clyde dur-
ing the escape that spelled
the end for the two outlaws.
Learning that Methvin
was one of the escapees,
Texas Ranger Frank Hamer
struck a deal with Meth-
vin's father that his son's
prison term in Texas would
be dropped if Bonnie and
Clyde's whereabouts were
disclosed.
On April 13, 1934, Bonnie
and Clyde drove up to the
Methvin home at Arcadia,
La. , delivering Henry to his
parents. His father soon
contacted Hamer.
Before dawn on May 23,
a posse of lawmen from
Louisiana and Texas, includ-
ing Ranger Hamer, hid in
the bushes along a highway
near Gibsland. As the sun
broke through the trees,
Bonnie and Clyde appeared
in a newly-stolen car.
Before Bonnie and Clyde
could lift their weapons, the
peace officers unleashed a
volley of shots, killing Bon-
nie and Clyde instantly, end-
ing their reign of crime.
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HIGH POINTS !*■ El Camino Real
Folks along El Camino
Real have given up
complaining about the
heat. I don't know
whether they are tired of
talking about it or their
mouths are too dry for
their tongues to work. The
Fourth of July is upon us
and we've got some cel-
ebrating to do in spite of the
weather. This year might
be a good time to dig out
that old ice cream freezer
and show the kids how ice
cream was made before Blue Bell.
The Alto Lady Jackets softball team for
10 and under girls won the 2009 Cherokee
County Baseball/Softball Association's
Midget Girls League Softball Champion-
ship with a record of nine wins and three
losses. With the first place finish, the
team qualifies for the nine-team Texas
Teenage District 8 Tournament to be
held in Whitehouse beginning Monday
July 6. Team members are Coach Rodney
Thacker, Alliyah Bruton, Jana Hudson,
Madison Crisp, Makynzie Germany, Allee
Jones, and Coach Greg Duplichain: Alyssa
Duphchain, Kaylynn Hinson, Coach Jason
Duphchain. Natalie Cervantes, and Kalyn
Chan: Lee Ellen Pearman and Morgan
Lindsey. The team wants to invite mem-
bers of the community to don the black
and gold and come out and support them
as they continue their season in the dis-
trict tournament in Whitehouse! Congrat-
ulations on a great season!
I drove, by Jake Carter's new taxidermy
shop the other day and he already has a
nice big sign out in front. Higher Ground
Taxidermy specializes in whitetail deer
mounts. The boy is doing a terrific job, so
I don't think he'll have any trouble get-
ting plenty of work when hunting season
rolls around. Taxidermy is a recession-
free business. It doesn't matter how bad
the economy gets — if a man kills a big
buck he is going to find the money to get
it mounted. I'm going to find out if he
knows how to stretch horns.
Farming in East Texas has headed
south in a hurry with all the hot, dry
weather. I picked peas out of my garden
late Sunday evening and they seemed
about half as long as they usually are
and not nearly full. It will take a couple
of bushels to equal one, I'm afraid. The
sad part is the fact that it is just as hard
to pick a bushel of sorry peas as it is good
CHRIS DAVIS
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936-858-BUCK
ones. I didn't have a dry
stitch of clothes on by the
time I picked those three
rows of cream peas. I'm
hoping that the purple hulls
will turn out a httle better.
I wonder if sun screen like
you put on the kids would
keep a tomato from blister-
ing? It does wonders on kids
— you never know. If the
dry whether breaks before
too long, it might be a good
year to plant a second crop
of peas. The Fourth of July
is coming up this weekend, so you better
get ready. If you are spending it outdoors
please be careful of the heat. I hope ev-
eryone will be especially careful with any
kind of outdoor fires. People really enjoy
fireworks on the Fourth, but it will re-
quire some extreme caution and common
sense if you intend to do it safely. I would
suggest going to the beach or getting out
in the middle of a lake. I know people
hke to barbecue on the Fourth, but as hot
as it is I beheve whoever is cooking will be
done before the meat is. We used to camp
out on the Neches River on the Fourth of
July when I was a httle boy. I can still
remember sleeping under those mosquito
bars in the back of a pick up hstening to
thousands of httle mosquitos buzzing on
the outside, just hoping at a chance to get
through that net and to me, I don't know
whether one of those mosquitoes had a
beak long enough to get through all the
dirt and river mud us kids were usually
caked with after swimming and climbing
up and down those river banks all day. It
was a lot of fun back then, but somehow I
just don't think I would enjoy it as much
now. Now I enjoy air conditioning and lots
of it. When it gets hot hke this, my family
and I hke to go to the afternoon matinee
at the movie theater and enjoy someone
else's air conditioning for a few hours.
Have a safe and happy Fourth of July!
I'd love to keep on going, but when the
sun comes up in the morning I need to be
in the pea patch. I don't have very long
to pick before it's time to come in and
get ready to go to the courthouse. Hope-
fully cooler weather will be here soon.
If you have something going on around
your place this summer worth bragging
about or telling, let me now. I'll see ya
next week! And remember. It is not how
much you have, but how much you
enjoy that makes happiness.
-< Jake Carter
of Alto recently
opened a new
taxidermy busi-
ness, just in
time for upcom-
ing hunting
seasons.
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