The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, September 30, 1938 Page: 3 of 6
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THE RUSK CHEROKEEAN FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1938
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PUBLISHED BY STUDENTS OP BUSK HIGH .SCHOOL
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EAGLES' ECHO STAFF
Editor-in-Chief Mae Peace
Sports Editor Philip Mehner
Feature Editor Grace Bagley
Alumni Editor Maurine Hewitt
Literary Editor Lorraine Curry
REPORTERS
TYPISTS
Jessie Faye Conway Louise Guinn
Francis Peace Cleveland Gregg
Joyce Ginn Elaine Gardiner
Alvin Shattuck Una Ray Denny
Dorris Love John Hunter
Carol Sparkman, James Clark
Billy Haddaway Rose Hall
Cooeland Ward Herman Beard
Godfrev Gunter Anna Lee Box
Ray Pryor Harrel Dudley
Bessie Marie Box
Study Hall Motto Thi* Week:
Failure is the only thing that can
be achieved without effort.
TO THE SOPHOMORES
This issue of the Echo is dedicated
to the Soahomores and other new
students.
TEAGUE BAND
The Teague band, conducted by W.
J. Botter, entertained football fans
last Friday between halves with a
very fine performance. The Teague
band won first place in the Class C
Division of the State contest and
second place in the National contest
last year-
There are sixty members of the
band, including three drum majors,
and three flag bearers. The band has
a mascot and also a band sweetheart.
Charlsie Cobb is the band sweetheart.
The band mascot was 'unable to at-
tend the game last Friday but the
team mascot, dressed in a white sat-
in fooball suit was present and at-
tracted much attention.
The band, mniformed in orange and
white, marched up the field from the
south. The three drum majors, Janie
Milliner, Sara Dell Pyburn, and Em-
ma Jane Archer, led the band in ma-
neuvers in the center of the field.
Miss Milliner won the State and Na-
tional championship last year as
drum major. Miss Arcljer and Miss
Pyburn won State honors.
ACTIVITIES
The activities of the High School
students seem to be getting along
very nicely this week. Since the ac-
tivity period is the third period in
the morning the students have plenty
of pep to really work.
BAND—
There are only thirty members of
the band but Pop knows how to get
a lot of music out of a few .You can't
tell by listening but what each play-
er has a loud speaker in front of
him for those band members really
can "toot".
The instruments are as follows:
Drums—3 Cymbal—1
Clarinets—3 Alto horns—1
Saxaphon.es—3 Baritone—2
Trombones—2 Basses—1
Cornets—3 Bell Lyers—2
There are also one drum major, two
drum minors and three flag bearers.
GIRLS BASKET BALL-
There are 22 girls who intend to
take basketball as their activity. The
school had a very good team last
year when only 14 went out. With
eight new ones and some of the ex-
perienced ones of last year a win-
ning team is expected.
PLAYGROUND BALL—
The play ground ball is not an or-
ganized activity yet as no teacher is
off this year to be their sponsor.
There are 25 boys going out and they
have a big time as Mr. Chapman
puts it.
TENNIS—
83 have, signed up for tennis. Out
of that number the school should
have several expents.
PEP SQUAD—
There are 44 trying to be good yel-
lers 'and marcners.
NEWSPAPER—
The newspaper staff consists of 23,
including reporters, typists, editors
and copy readers.
FOOTBALL—
32 boys have been practicing foot-
ball. Coach MeChiney says since they
don't know anything he tries to
teach them a little of everything.
They seem to be doing well.
B. & P. W. CLUB
HONORS TEACHERS
The Business and Professional Wo-
men's Club honored the teachers of
the Rusk Public Schools with a re-
ception at Deckards Cafe, Thursday,
September 22 from 8 to 10 o'clock p,
m. The public was invited to attend.
Miss Leake and Mrs. Stone are two
high school teachers who are mem-
bers of this club.
P. T. A. WORKING FOR PRIZE
All those who.have received in the
mail or otherwise vote slips from
Thomas' Furniture Store in Alto are
urged to turn them in to some mem-
ber of the Band Boosters or P. T. A.
The furniture store is offering two
prizes of one hundred dollars each to
vorgarviaations turning in the most
votes, one hundred dollars for an or-
ganization in Alto and one to an or-
ganization anywhere else in the coun-
ty.
Vote?, in addition to those sent out
lit the mail, may be secured by reg-
istering at the stora in Alto.
Rusk band Boosters and P. T. A.
nip working hard for the hundred
They thii,ii they may have a
ehar.ee if Wells doesn't beat them to
It. Every loyal Ruskite who can do so
is urged to drive down to Alto with
a car full of friends or alone, and
register. The mora the better.
BUSSES HELD F.OK
PEP SQUAD PRACTICE
The football fans of Rusk High
will be greeted by the same Pep
Squad they saw last Friday night—
but in entirely different uniforms.
With another weeks work and new
red flannel pleated skirts, white satin
blouses and silver batons they will
be completely transformed.
They promise to be a delight to
their parents and all who see them.
They should be, for they have been
practicing all week, not only at activ-
ity period, but for forty-five minutes
after school, the busses having been
held every afternoon until four-fif-
leen for the convenience of the squad.
A SOPHOMORE'S FIRST
IMPRESSION OF HIGH SCHOOL
My first impression of Senior high
School wasn't very good. But I blame
that, wholly, on bewilderment. Who
wouldn't be bewildered after being
almost trampled on the floor, knock-
ed down the stairs, and drowned at
the fountain? But I have found that
by pushing I can get to my locker
safely.
Yet Senior High school has its fine
points and a lot of 'em. The teachers
are the very best point; they are so
kind and patient with the sophomores
and all the other students.
Also you have the feeling, that
comes to that certain age, that you
are quite grown even, though you
still are Mother's little angels.
High School has its laughter—and
its tears.
NEW BOOKS IN LIBRARY
During the summer the high school
librarians, Mrs. Nina Dover and Mrs.
E. T. Lanier, renumbered, shellaced
and repaired all the old and torn
books that were in the school library.
Among the new books that have
been received in the High School li-
brary are:
"How to Win Friends and Influ-
ence People1'!—Dale Carnegie.
"Ibe Harvest of the Years" (A bi-
ography of the famous naturalist—
Luther Burbank)—William C. Hall.
"Texas Wild Flowers" (A book
that tells how to identify wild flow-
ers"—Ellen D. Schultz.
'Etiquette'— Mrs. Cornelius Beeks-
man. x
These books were secured by cou-
pons brought by the English students
last spring* supplemented by cash
furnished by the School Board.
The total number of books in the
library is fifteen hundred. Eight hun-
dred fifty are non-fiction books. One
hundred fifty eight are fiction,, and
the remaining three hundred forty-
two books are dictionaries, reference
books, etc.
GINN IS PRES. OF MISS
LEAKE'S HOME ROOM
The Home Room under the spon-
sorship of Miss Robert Leake met
Tuesday morning, September 20, for
the purpose of electing officers and
selecting commitee members. The
following were elected by the stu-
dents:
President—Joyce Giinri
Vice-president—Gene Dupree
Sec-Treas—Ruth Clifton
Reporter—Grace Bagley
Committees selected by the presi-
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Announcing Opening Of—
PIANO CLASSES
At Both High School
And Grammar School
MRS. EDGAR FORD
Call 190 For Appointment
dent are:
Program Committee — Margaret
York, Bobby McVicker, John Boyd
Belvin.
Committee for Selection of Club
Name—Juanita Currie, Jessie Faye
Conway, Buddie Thompson
Entertainment Committee —Myra
Hassell, Jewel Huggins, Marion Gool-'
bee.
Miss Leake's Home Room is look-
ing forward to some very interesting i
programs and entertainments.
RUSKITE RAMBLINGS
Bobby McVicker has established
himself in the minds of his fellow
players as the "crooning quarterback'
It seems that Bobby "croons" his
signals instead of calling them.—
Keep crooning, Bobby—you're doin'
alright!
Louise Cart right has been going
with Odell Musgraves! Do we feel
left, huh, girls!
Something about our sophomores!
Hot Dog Thompson—Is Hot Dog
really bashful—or is he a woman
hater
Chester S'haw—"Chec" is quite the
man about school! He's good looking,
plays football, has a pleasing per-
sonality—seems to show his friends
a good time—well—what more can
we ask?
Betty Jean Snellings—She goes
with Kenneth Barnes! She's also a
yell leader—and a good one!
Speaking of yell leaders sorta
brings Jane Wallace up—that natur-
ally reminds us of Billy Jack John-
ston—you see how it is!
Another soph—Fleta Neal Odom—
is wearing Early Fitts' ring!
Howard Gibson is the cutest one,
hut—much to our disappointments-
he's rushing a little girl out Salem
way—Christine Wallace.
Doris Spurgers is another cute lit-
tle sophomore—steps out quite a bit,
too!
Dorothy Guinn—the attractive lit-
tle girl from Dallas—has been seen
with Jim Roach of J'ville Baptist Col-
lege.
Carl Joplin—Football player—goes
with Wanda Hillion.
Kenneth Phifer—Broke up with
Essie and took Olive Bea out—all in
one short week!
Bonnie Ruth Laney—cute little
t'lagbearer—red headed—goes with
James Binford Clark.
Ruth Holcomb goes with Douglas
Wade, who is Mary Frances' brother
and who is very, very cute!
Elzie Jenkins is basking in the af-
fection of Ouida Hamilton, our most
beautful soph.
Folks, do ydu remember when Lois
Carter used to be The Number One
with Lucious Maness? Well—seams
the little sister has taken her place!
Nice work, Doris. Toil on!
James Polk Richards is the latest
heart-throb of most of the girls. One
in particular wrote a certain girl a
note to arrange a date for her with
the bashful football hero.
Flaustine White and J. A. Banks
are still going places and seeing
things.
Could it be that Grace Bagley took
Jack Archibald away from la cer-
tain ex-Senior of last year?
It seems that Doris Carter, Luc-
ious Maness, Lois Carter and Oran
Maness took the football game in in
a big, way Friday nite.
WHERE THEY WENT—
WHAT THEY SAW
if you have been anywhere and
kept your eyes open, you saw some-
thing different from what we pee at
home every day, the Eagle's Echo'
would like to know about it. For in-
stance—
Bessie Marie Box spent several
weeks this summer visiting her uncle,
Edward Lee Bailey, vocatonal agri-
culture teacher at Alpine. She went
with her uncle to a queer sort of
fair where they specialize in High-
land Hereford cattle. This was not
a fair with a Ferris wheel and hot
dog stands and cheap side shows,
but an exhibit of the herds on the
various ranches in the county. One
ranch helH the "fair" one day and
one held it another day with those
attending as guests> for the inspec-
tion and a big dinner.
Bessie Marie also went with tier
uncle to an F.F.A. convention in El
Paso and visited Juarez, Mexico,
which is across the Rio Grande from
El Paso and which she calls "the
filthiest place I ever saw".
NEW STUDENTS
Several students from different
schools entered Rusk this year. Some
of them are:
Louise Guinn, an active senior from
Angleton, entering Rusk High School
for the first time. She is a reporter
on our school paper, Eagles Echo, and
also was a reporter on the Tattler,
Daily paper of Angleton High School.
She made good grades on Plane and
Solid Geometry, Spanish, and threo
years of Home Economies She took
part in the one-act plays and also
was the Deck Tennis player in An-
gleton She Was president of thie
Homemaking • Club and completed a
course of dramatics. Her subjects
this year are English IV, American
end Texas History, Civics and News-
paper.
Dorothy Guinn, also from Angle-
ton, but is a sophomore this year.
She is a sister of Louise, and friend-
ly with everyone, lane was an active
member of the pep-squad in Angle-
ton, ■ but this year she is taking
Homemaking as her activity. Her
subjects ths year are English II,
Homemaking, Bible, Spanish, typing.
Mary Alice Harris, the black-hair-
ed girl from Dialville, enters Rusk
High with a smile for her new made
friends. She was a forward on Dial-
ville's basketball team year before
last and last year was a member of
the Glee Club. This year she is a
senior and is taking English IV, Bi-
ble, Homemaking I, Typing and Pep-
Squad.
iva Uan Yarborough is a senior
and came from Atoy. You will know
her when you see her, she is of
stocky build and wears glasses. She
was on the basketball team in Atoy.
She won a silver basketball for be-
ing chosen best guard in school. She
is a likeable girl and makes good
grades in school. This year she is
taking Homemaking I, English IV,
English History, Typing, Bible and
Homemaking Club.
Louise Cartwright, an active jun-
ior from Liberty, enters school with
the hopes of making many friends
in Kusk and believe me, she is doing
just that. She was editor of the Lib-
erty Beacon, Liberty high school pa-
per, and a leader in the pep-squad.
This year her activity is pep-squad.
Her other subjects are English III,
Homemaking I, Latin II. Plane Geo-
metry and American History.
James Clark from Alto, entered
xchool here anJ says that he is going
to make some real good grades. We
will give him a chance. He is the son
of Rev. Wallace Clark of Alto. A
junior, or was it a little sophomroe
said to tell all high school girls to
keep their hands off of him. (She
is a red-head) He is not new to
most of the students because he vis-
its Rusk often and is well liked by
everyone. The subjects he is taking
this year are English III, Plane Geo-
metry, Latin I, Physics and News-
paper.
Doris Carter, .senior from Atoy,
anters school and everyone asked
her if she was Lois Carter's sister.
Of course, everyone remembers Lois.
Doris looks almost like her. She was
secretary of the junior class and
played volly ball. She had the highest
average in the junior class at Atoy.
And we hope that she will prove a
good student here, too. She takes
English III, English History, Typing,
and Home makingl, and takes the
Homemaking Club as her activity.
Flaustine White, a senior, also
from Atoy, is now an active student
in this school. She was vice-president
of the junior class in Atoy and play-
ed on the volley ball team. Her sub-
jects for this year English IV, Eng-
lish History, Home Making, Typing
and Homemaking Club as her activi-
ty-
Maris Higginbotham, a senior and
from Jacksonville, enrolls in school
nere. She played volley ball and is
on the program committee in her
home room. She works at Perry Bros,
on Saturdays. She takes Spanish II,
English IV, Civics, Geometry and
pep squad is her chosen activity.
James Polk Richards, senior, from
Atov is playing right guard on the
football team and shows signs of
making a good player. He was one
of the best players last year on
Atom's basketball team. He tak^s
English, Physics, Bookkeeping and
Bible. Girls, we heard he doesn't have
crush on anyone. Maybe that is your
chance.
Pauline Stewart, junior from Fas-
trill, entered school here. English III
Civics, Geometry and typing are her
subjects. She went to school in Ap-
ple Springs last year.
CURRIE TO LEAD
V. A. G. C. GROUP
Lorraine Currie, Doris Love, Una
Ray Denney and Virginia Hanna
were elected as the leaders" of Mr.
McCluney's home room Tuesday, Sep-
tember 19, at the regular home room
period. They are president, vice-pres-
ident, secretary, and treasurer, re-
spectively.
Vocational Avocsltional Guidance
Club was suggested by Mr. McCluney
as a name for the club.
This chib is for the interest of
those members who wish to choose
their vocation and avocation upon
graduating. During the year individ-
uals from vjarious professions will
speak to the members of the club to
further their interest in the vocation
or avocation which they wish to take
up.
Af|(er a general discission the
name was presented to the class by
Una Ray Denney and voted on fav-
orably one hundred per cent.
MRS. STONE'S GROUP
ORGANIZES; GIBSON, PRES.
Howard (Chief) Gibson, red-haired
sophomore, was elected president of
the group of ninth graders under
Mrs. Stone last Tuesday in the home
room period.
Other officers elected are James
Moseley, vice-president; Tom Beau
det, secretary-treasurer; a program
committee of Florrie Jean Waldrop,
C«car Linstrom, and Dixon Spivey,
and a class reporter, Annie Lee Box.
FOOTBALL ALUMNI
ARE SCATTERED
Where are the gridiron stars of
last year? Are they atill playing
football? These questions and many
more are running through the minds
of football fans everywhere. It does
not only apply to our school, but to
other schools and colleges throughout
the nation.
Some of last year's players are not
listed here, but it is because they are
still playing on the team, or else
they are still in school.
Last year's captain, G. W. Dickey,
had much difficulty in selecting his
alma mater, but finally selected Mc-
Murry at Abilene. Verna Reynolds,
right guard, is working at the Mary-
gold Double Dip stand. Herman Ma-
son, fullback, is attending Texas
Tech at Lubbock, Buck Jones, right
end, works extra at Stovalls Clean-
ers. Manning Bagley, a right tackle,
helps his father in a planer, but
plans to enter a Diesel school of en-
gineering in Portland, Oregon. Ger-
ald Magee, better known as Ox, left
end, is at home in Holcomb.
ing hash at Hewitts, Wyatt Norman
ia attending Lon Morris and Homer
Wallace and Ennis Bolton are going
to Jacksonville Baptist College.
ON THE SIDELINES
Any ball game—all ball games—
especially football games interest
Clyde Smith. Smith as well as his
brothers, Ray, Alvin, Luther, and
Thomas, feel very much at home on
a ball field and can be found on Mu-
sick field most every Friday night.
The reason may be that his kid broth-
er, Thomas, plays on the team or
maybe he just likes the game, any-
way he's always there to yell for the
good ol' Eagles.
Ray was in the '29 lineup. He
played mostly as right guard—Alvin
played in '29—'30—'31—'32 as right
tackle. Luther played in '32, '33 and
'35 as fullback and Thomas played
in '37 and hopes to play all of '38
and '39.
LEWIS DAIRY
GENTRY & GENTRY
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FRIDAY Afternoon and SATURDAY
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RIBBON CANE SYRUP—Half Gallon 25c
ENGLISH PEAS', New Windsor—3 No. 2 Cans 25c
DEL MONTE SUGAR PEAS No. 2 Can 15c
DOMINO CANE SUGAR—
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HOMINY, Marshall Seal—3 Big Cans 25c
BEANS, Trappey's Green Cut—3 No. 2 Cans 25c
DOLE CRUSHED PINEAPPLE—3 Cans 20c
MOTHERS FLOUR 241b, 7Sc-AS\h.. $1.35
AUNT JEMIMA MEAL—51b Sack, 17c—101b Sack .... 27c
DOLE SLICED PINEAPPLE—3 Flat Cans 25c
PIE CHERRIES—Red Sour Pitted—2 Cans 25c
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LADY ALICE BEAUTY SOAP—
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PHILLIPS MILK OF MAGNESIA—25c Size 19c
MOTHERS COCOA—21b Box 15c
MOTHERS COCOA—lib Box 8c
KELLOG'S WHEAT FLAKES—Box 5c
LUX TOILET SOAP—3 Bars 17c
Post Toasties or Kellog's
Corn Flakes—2 large Boxes 15c
I PAN A TOOTH PASTE—50c Size 35c
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