The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, October 14, 1938 Page: 1 of 6
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The Rusk Cherokeean
Successor to "The Pioneer" Established 1847
VOLUME 20
RUSK, CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1938
• NUMBER 12
To Let Contract
For Gymnasium
November 4
State Board Buys
Bonds At Four
Percent Interest
The contract for construction of a
new high school gymnasium and col-
ored school building will be let No-
vember 4, accordng to a telegram
received Thursday morning by E. B.
Musick, president of the board from
the PWA office in Ft. Worth.
The board has also received infor-
mation from the state board of edu-
cation that the board will accept the
bonds at four parcent. It was expect-
ed the bonds would have to carry a
five percent rate unless they were
accepted by the state board.
The advertisement for bids on the
project will be published the first
time next week.
Livestock Show At
Jacksonville Oct. 22
Plans are under way for the One-
Lay East Texas Livestock Exhibition
cf Jacksonville on Saturday, October
22. All livestock enthusiasts in the
County are invited to participate in
this One-Day Exhibition.
A rodeo will be held Friday and
Saturday nights, October 21 and 22
and Sunday afternoon, October 23
under the auspices of McKnight, Lu-
cas and Smith of Ponta and Sacul.
Prizes are being offered for all
classes of horses and mules, beef and
dairy cattle and hogs. It is expected
that one of the largest displays of
livestock held in East Texas will be
entered in this One-Day Exhibition.
There will be an auction sale at
2:30 o'clock in the afternoon on Sat-
urday, October 22 and a judging con-
test on Saturday morning under the
direction of C. M. Gregg, Vocational
Agriculture teacher of the Jackson-
ville schools.
' - PROOF OF AGE
Proof of age for persons born pri-
or to the establishment of the bur-1
eau of vital statistics or born later
but not registered may be secured!
from tho U. S. bureau of the census, j
At present there is available in the
Bureau of the Census an index of the
census of 1900. The name of every
person listed in that census has been :
placed on a card, and the cards have
been arranged by a phonetic system, !
making l.hein readily available.
Birth and death records were start-
ed in Cherokee county in 1903 ac-
cording to Melvin Sessions, county
clerk. Mr. Sessions says a number
of people have the impression that
the age may be proven from marri- j
age licenses but marriage licenses do
«<ot carry this information.
Rusk To Play
Arp On Musick
Field Tonight
Undefeated Visitors
Expected To Give
Eagles Hard Fight
When Arp and Rusk clash on Mu-
sick field tonight the chances are
that fans will have the opportunity
to see two well trained teams tangle
for one of the best games seen on tfTe
local gridiron this year. Both teams
are flush with victories from last
week, both by exactly the same score
for Arp took Leveretts Chapel for a
13-6 trimming last Friday night
while Rusk was defeating London by
the same margin. So far as known,
Arp has not yet been defeated, hav-
ing won two non-conference games
earlier in the season. Tney have been
rated by some as one of the stronger
teams, of the conference.
With the exception of McDonald
at left end there will probably be li—
tle change in the Rusk lineup from
that of last week Smith will probably
again shift to end on the defensive
play where has been doing some very
effective work.
The Arp starting- lineup will out-
weigh the Rusk lineup by about an
average of five pounds to the man.
The heaviest man is an 180 pound
tackle. An end and a half will weigh
135 pounds each, the lightest of the
starters.
Following is the lineup Coach Bill
McCluney will probably start, begin-
ning with left end: McDonald, Mc-
Intyre, McBroom, Smith, Wallett,
Martin, Trevathan, Johnson, Mc-
Viekers,, Quimby and Dupree.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to take this means to ex-
press our sincere appreciation of the
kihdness and S^Tnpatbj; shown us at
the death'if our ioMa'one.^ V I
The many beautiful flowers were
sincerely appreciatedalsfb.
Mrs Laura Chandler, Mr. and Mrs.
R.j&l. Chandler and Mr. and Mrs. J.
W.^Chandler, Jr.
REV. J. C. DOVE
REVIVAL SERVICES
Revival services started Sunday
night at 7:30 at the Aassembly of
God Church with Rev. J. C. Dove, of
Sapulpa, Okla. doing the preaching.
Special music has been arranged
for every night service and the pub-
lic is cordially invited to attend.
Land Instruments
Filed For Record
Release of Oil & Gas Lease—Sun
Oil Co. to D. W. Jones et al, 85 acres
of the John Ma lone Survey.
Deed—J. W. Wilcox et ux to J. P.
Wilcox, 32y2 acres of the Levi Jordan
Survey
Deed—J. A. Baxley et ux to Theo.
P. Nelson, part of Lot No. 6 in Blk.
No. 185 in Jacksonville, containing
18-199 of an acre.
Deed—J. L. Crawford to A. L.
Looney, 106 2-3 acres of the Wm. R.
Snow Survey and 2J4 acres of the
Peter Lewis Survey.
Oil & Gas Lease—New Birming-
ham Development Co. to James R.
Miller, 384.69 acres of the Robert
Walters Survey, in three tracts.
Assignment of Oil & Gas Lease-
Tames R. Miller to Magnolia Petrol-
eum Company, 284.69 acres of the
Robert Walters Survey, in 3 tracts.
Deed—I. B. Lacy to Archer Dumas,
9 1-9 acres of the J. C. Walling Sur-
vey. 5 8ill,
Deed—W. A. Whitten et ux to
Foster L. Brewer et ux, 80 acres and
18 acres of the F. 5. Vallanova
League
Deed—Martha Jones et al to Fos-
ter L. Brewer et ux, 37 acres of the
F. J. Vannanova League.
Deed—J. *D. Kelsay et ux to Jewel
F- Sanders et ux, Lot No. 15 ip Blk.
No. 139 in Jacksonville
■Quitclaim: Deed—J W. Travis to
Jewel Sanders et ux, Lot No. 15 in
Blk. No. 139 in Jacksonville.
Deed—Mrs. Lizzie Butler & hus-
band to J P. Maxwell, 16 acres of
the J. R- Blanton Survey.
" Deed—J F. Gay et ux to John W.
Gay. . undivided l-4th interest in 80
acres of the T. J. Hammons Survey,
179:1 acres of the Nathan Johnson
Survey, 76J4 acres W. G. Murphy
Survey and 8 acres of the T. J. Ham-
mons Survey.
Deed—R A. Hill et ux to P. C.
Burkert, 44.7 acres of the B. C. Lewis
League Grant.
Releases of Oil and Gas Lease—
Sun Oil Co to P. T. Butler et ux
25 acres on the John Malone League
Sun Oil Co to Wm. C. Sutton et
al 02 acres on the J. Shipp Survey
Sun Oil Co. to Wm C. Sutton et
ux 51 acres of the J. T. Cook Survey
Sun Oil Co. to T. C. Ford et ux
116 acres of the K. Odom League
Sun Oil Co to J. L. Beall et 'ux
51.69 acres of the J. T. Cook Survey
Sjin Oil _ Co. to J. F. Beall et al
130 acres of the j T. Cook Survey
Deed'—LilHe Peterson 'to A. J.
Jessie,* 40 acres of the B. C. Lewis
S'uivey.
I Trustee's Deed—Deckert Anderson
et ux, by Wirt. E. Stone, "Trustee to
| Jacksonville Building & Loan Assoc-
iation, Inc. Lot No. 11 and 10 ft off
W side of Lot No. 12 in Block No. 4
| Lloyd's Add'n to Jacksonville.
THE PEOPLE AND THE COURTHOUSE
The matter of whether or not a new courthouse
will be built in Rusk must be decided within a short
time if it is to be gotten ready in time to furnish
WPA employment for farmers of the. county this
winter.
County Judge J. W. Chandler told the Cherokeean
this week that he is pretty much in the dark as to
what the will of the people is on the matter, especially
the farmers.
The way to remedy this situation is for the farmers
and others who are interested to let the court know
at once how they feel about the matter or be pres-
ent when it again comes up for consideration.
It should be kept in mind that sufficient tax to
pay for the building is already being levied and col-
lected and will continue to be collected whether the
courthouse is built or not and that the building will
not cost one cent additional taxes.
It is especially important that the farmers of the
county do not neglect to do this. The fact that a
group of the leading citizens of Jacksonville came
to Rusk last Monday and presented a united front in
favor of a new courthouse in Rusk should be con-
vincing proof that the townsfolk favor going ahead
with it.
Eagles Defeat
New London Last
Friday Night
Score 13-6 When
Whistle Ends Best
Game Of Season
The Rusk High School Eagles
made fans forget all about their de-
feat the week before by rising to new
heights last Friday night to take
New London into camp by a 6-13
score. The game was full of dramatic
moments with thrills from beginning
to ena with Rusk pttinjr over the
winning touchdown during the last
I few minutes of play after the score
I had stood tied at 6-6 for the greater
J part of the game.
| The Eagles were much stronger on
i their pass defense than they were
commissioners
Fail To Agree
On Courthouse
The Proposition
May Be Brought Up
Again Next Week
The matter of a new courthouse for
Cherokee county was not decided at
the meeting last Monday when the
four commissioners aplit «venly on
the proposition with commissioners
Phifer and Murray favoring and
Walley and Rozelle registering neg-
ative with no vote and County Judge
■1. W. Chandler refusing to split the
tit for the present. With matters thus
itanding the court adjourned subject
'o call.
County Judge J. W. Chandler said
Wednesday that he expected to call
another meeting, probably as soon as
Truett Gentry Dies John W. Chandler
Following Operation
Funeral services were held at two- John W. Chandler,
! against Carlisle but both teams
J stayed on the ground for most of j the architect nad completed more
j their ground gaining. The McCluney definite tigures on the project, at
| triplets, McVickers, Johnston an:';; which time the matter would be again
; Quimby just could not be stopped considered by the court
under from one to ten yards and all j The matter of a new courthouse
averaged from about four yard* up was introduced a few weeks ago by
to near five for each try. Dupree j members of the county planning
Dies Suddenly servt'd as a blocking back furnishing ; hoard appointed by the court to study
splendid interference for the baii ways and means of getting the most'
71 father 0f ean'ers* out of available federal work projects
. T , , n,' ,, , Risk's first touchdown came fol-' for this county. The planning board
thirty Thursday afternoon for Tru- CSunty Judge J. W. Chandler died a ^ (jrive down the fie)d J recommended the courthouse pian
ett Gentry, 21, son of Rev and Mrs. E sue en y a ou men o c oc as a - w;th a spectacular ,'ta-yard gain over when it learned that all the labor
M. Gentry, ol Rusk, who died about ur ay morninjf. pf u'.-n y in is center bj. Quinlby and a 25-yard run would be furnished by the WPA with
two o'clock Wednesday morning fol- usual health he had gone to the field Qff tack)e by McVickers as highlights the exception of possibly a few skiu_
lowing an operation last Saturday to move a cow from one pasture to placing the ba„ in ,coring position ed laborers. Members of the planning
for acute appendicitis. another After finishing the task he fl.om whfire McVickers went over for board together with a considerable
Trtiett attended Rusk high school le "rTled t0 e ouse an sa own tile counter. Earlier in the march j number of citizens from other parts
and had always been active in the J1""61- a tree with a remar to two jobBston had contributed ten yard.-; of the county attended the Monday
affairs of the band and played with boys w ° wel'e Wlt ^ ** e m"st to the advance in carrying the ball I meeting and a big majority of those
it on numerous occasions after fin- ave f°,en. "° warm' 0 <"vins . e, off tackle. The second touchdown ' pfesent were in favor of immediate
ishing school. Members of the band , remaj e ' aPPaient >' ying in- came following a line drive down the : action by the court. Probably more
attended the funeral in uniform and "ant,y* j field with McVickers tallying when bitter feeling has been expressed ov-
the high school was dismissed for the John W. Chandler was born and he skirted left end for ten yards to I er the outcome of the matter than
services. j reared in Cherokee county and with cross the goal line. | has been heard about any court sea-
He had managed the Lewis dairy the exeePtion of spx years, 1896 to j Penalties were frequent and offic-! «ion in recent years.
for a few years and a few months ago 1902 when he llved ln LRu®k whlle ials were subject to considerable As the plan was outlined by
resigned this position to accept a po- 1 se,y™f as county clerk, he had lived razzing from the side lines. However spokesmen, it was proposed to build
siton at the Rusk Stats Hospital h,s .hfe wthln a <l«arter of a mile Coach Bill Mc.Cluney is of the opin- the new building of polished native
where he was employed up to the of hls blrthplace- ; ion the Eagles were entitled to every limestone for the purpose of adver-
tise of his death. • ' > * had always he«n very much in- penalty assessed, none of which were tiding a mtfrnafr tMour-'e, creating
Besides his parents, he is survived terested in educational matters, « for the more serious offenses but for the maximum amount of labor and
by three brothers Curtis of Dallas1 hobby whieh Probabl>' had its foun" Hegal use of tho hands in offensive obtaining a permanent surface at
and M W and Emmett of Rusk a-d ' dation 0,1 his teac'ning experience of play, backfieid in motion, all the re- minimum cost. It was pointed out
by two sisters, Mrs. Addle ' Webb, *e*eral years dul?n* bis early )i£e" nlt of ^experience He has been that the county already has $20,000
of Dallas and Mrs. Gladys Bane of' When the county board vvas organiz- warning the boys they were going to in the courthouse improvement fund
Jacksonville. ' probably thirty or thirty-one years meet up with an official some time available now and that the regular
ago, John W. Chandler was elected who would penalize them for these tax r.ow being levied and collected
as a member and he has been reelec- offences and he is hoping they will wiil retire the warrants without ad-
ted at every successive election since, have it impressed sufficiently to re- uitional taxation or bond iisue.
rendering over thirty years of con- member it. London did not fare so With this understanding, it was
<tant service to the schools of Cher- well on penalities for serious of- proposed that the court oruer the is-
okee county. fences and drew one for clipping and s'uance of $60,000 in warrants to take
Following his six years as county one ^or unnecessary roughness. care of the county's part of the $250,-
••lerk he moved back to Gallatin and ''np showed much greater ouC structuie which would be three
for a number of years was engaged strength than earlier in the season sioi-ies nigh and 135x83 feet com-
in sawmilling and the mercantile bus- with linesmen getting through fre- pared to the present two and one half
iness, but for a gtood many years he ouently to smear opposition plays, j story, about 85x80 foot structure,
A considerable: number of -Rusk The committee urged th court to take
farming. fans saw the game and all are en- action on the matter at once with
~ 1 He is survived by his wife, Laura thusiastic over the improvement the understanding it was not to be
Bids for construction of the ap- Chand]el% an(] two sons> County shown b>' 'he team and all are agreed finally accepted unless it came with-
pioxiamtely four miles of grading >Tudge j w chandler, of Ru?k and *hat Friday night's game was jn the limits of the warrants author-
ed dramage structures from inter- j R M chandler, of Gallatin. He is one of 'he best they have seen in ued.
section of highway 84 neai Reklaw }(jgo survived by an uncle, B. T. yea,s- The courthouse was primarily ai-
The funeral service was held at the
Baptist Church of Rusk with Rev.
John A. Williams in charge. Burial
was made in the Rusk cemetery. •
Pallbearers were John Ogle Sum-
mers, Wyatt Norman, Charles Der-
rick, Dunning Roy, Odell Musgraves
and Edward Hughes.
To Let Contract
4-Mile Stretch has devoted his entire attention to
to near the Angelina river on high-
Chandler and an aunt, Miss Sop-hia
J ALLEN NEWTON
way No. 204 will be opened October, chaj,dlert both ()f Gal]atin
25, it was announced today by the | Funera, 8erviceg were held at the I
highway department. • l home Sunday afternoon and burial
It is presumed that the contract >vas h,ade in the Rusk cemetery with t0"' 73> brother of C. W. Newton, of from all parts of the county. Advo-
gued for the puipose of creating em-
ployment for farmers entitled to
WPA employment. As it is a county
Funeral services for J. Allen New-, proposition, labor could be drawn-
will be let at that time providing the Bro g j Albritton and Rev. Nichols j R«sk were held at Crockett last Sun- Cates point out that most cities of
bids are satisfactory^ - ] 0ffifcjatingt Pan bearers were his as- J <lay He was formerly a resident of the county already have their own
~ ' sociates on the county board, namely! Rus'< but nioved to Crockeet many city WPA projects to take care of
J VILLE HOSPITAL PATIE S ; Ed S'ingletary, O. K. Ellis, R. L.' years ago. the city unemployed, but with the
Kfc' UKN HUM*, peai.man) Dl. J B Ramsey, d. C. | He is survived by his wife, Jessie coming of winter they doubt if there
I Stockton and Webb Finlev. j Gossett Newton and two sons, A J. will be near enough jobs to take care
The hospital |patieWts have been .. ' |and John M. Newton, all of Galves- 0'f all farmers who have not made a
making splendid progress during the CALLAWAY TO PREACH jton- His widow is a grar.daughter of ..net profit of $312 or even those in '•
past week. Mrs. Albert Meredith was
able to return home the first of the j
week. Billy Jack Johnson was sched-1
uled to return Thursday afternoon. the Firgt presbyterian Chui"ch wUl youth* later engaging in the mercan: >ibtain an expression of more people
IN CROCKETT SUNDAY i Gossett, pioneer who donated dire ne^d of work.
j the townsite of Crockett in 183V.' . _ . County Judge J. W. Chandler was
Rev. Marsh M. Callaway, pastor of was a Texas ranger in his inclined to favor a bond election to
John B. Schochler >expected to re- preich jn Crockett, Texas Sunday. He tiIe husiness. He traveled for a njimb- while others opposed the bond elec-
turn home today and George White wj„ supply for the Rev R Gage'*"" of years out of Galveston where tion on the grounds that the voters
expects to be able to return home. L]oyd who wjn be out (>f the city ;he had redded for the past thirty.^uld haw the impression that a
about Tuesday. j The Crockett church is one of the old-. yt'ars- , , bofhd issue would create more taxes
~~TT.„ _ ,.T r er thurches of East Texas. One pas ! : . }v'hen the truth is that the tax is al-
KIWANIS COLUMN {tor' served them for more than fifty COOKER 1ESIER SCHOOL J J'<^dy being levied and will continue
| years and they have had only three
Attendance at the club last Tues pastors in sixty-five years of their
day was good. Some were not there life. The Rev. G. L. Brown of Trinity,
who should be there. Let us get into Texas wll preach for Mr. Callawy
the club in dead earnest how and while he is in Crockett.
make it go. The hot weather will
oSj be collected
whether the court-
The Home Demonstration Council |i^'use is built or not.
is sponsoring a Steam Preseur Cook-Jj The plans and specifications for
er and Canner Guage Testing Schootlithe proposed courthouse were drawn
at the Home Economics Cottage at !bj' Graham W. Gill, architect, and
the Rusk high school, Saturday, .Oc- provided for a new jail on top of the
soon be gone and we will settle down COUNTY COUNCIL tober 15 from tcn until tbree o'clock | Structure and $18,000 worth of furn-
to the winter's work. You can get a * MEEtS AT SUMMERFIELI) unt,er the supervision of Miss Irene ishings for the courthouse. The court
boost for your work in the hour of — | Price, Home Demonstration Agent. "
fellowship with the men, and can do The County Council of P. T. A. will1 . ^very owner of a cooker or canner
good by it also. meet at Summerfield, Saturday, Oc- j's invited to attend and take advan-
The program was presented by the tober 15, at ten o'clock A. M. The lo- tb's ^rec service on their
Boy Scout Committee. The Scout eal presidents are asked to meet in
Troop ia being reorganized under an executive meeting at nine-thirty
new leadership. The Club pledges it- o'clock.
self \o back tfie troop and the lead- The following program will be ren-
ers in this new organization and in dered:
the work throughout the year. Opening
The following visitors were pre*- Discussion of Library Project—Mrs.:
ent: Rev. C. E. Peeples, president of Newbern
Lon Morris College, W. A. Miller, Plans for the year—Mrs. Holt
Gerald Chapman, R. V. Myrick, Earl- Music—Jacksonville High School.
ie FitU and Bill Greet. Address Mrs. Wade Cook.
cookers.
MAY CANCEL ROAD BONDS
will also at its next meeting consider
pjans to be submitted by Gregory
& Gales, Tyler architects
/
! RUSKITES ATTEND
! . . KIW VNIS CONVENTION
The Commissioners court Monday
ordered that an election be called in
Road District Ho. 2 to see if voters
want to cancel the $1111,000 road,
bonds issued in 1932 but never sold
The exact date for the election ha-
not yet been set.
Dr. and Mrs. Geo. P. Francis and
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Laney attended
the Texas-Oklahoma district Kiwanis
Convention at Ardmore, Oklahoma,
October 8th"to lftth
They report exceptional entertain-
ment with some exceptionally good
speakers on the program.
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