The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, October 27, 1939 Page: 1 of 6
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The Rusk Cherokeean
Successor to "The Pioneer" Established 1847
RUSK, CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1939
NUMBER 39
Rusk Eagles
Drop Game To
Salem Friday
Long Pass Isaacs To
Mclntyre Gives Rusk
s Chance To Score
The Rusk high school Eagles lost
to Salem last Friday night 19-6 when
the team took the jitters following a
costly fumble in the first quarter
which probably cost them the first
touchdown of the game.
Rusk won the toss and received
returning tfce ball to the Salem 45
and kicked to the ten after making
nine yards in three tries. Salem gain-
ed three and then kicked to their own
45. Rusk made seven in three tries
then kicked to the end zone and the
ball was Salem's on their own twen-
ty. Salem fumbled after two tries
and it was Rusk's ball on the Salem
30. Rusk advanced the ball twelve
yards for a first down and just as
Isaacs had gone for the second first
down which would have put Rusk
first down and goal to go with only
about four yards make the ball
was knocked from his hands on the
tackle. It flew in the air and into the
arms of a Salem player who was in
the open. He raced down the field
for eighty yards and probably would
have scored but Salem was penalized
at the twenty for clipping and it was
their ball on the Rusk 35. Salem
fumbled and Rusk recovered on the
next play and on the next play
Rusk fumbled and Salem recovored
making three fumbles in three downs
with the ball going over each time.
The quarter ended with the ball in
Salem's possession on the Rusk 20.
Coming back after the rest period
Salem completed a pass for ten to
get to the ten. Rusk tightened and
held the visitors to yard gains on th«
first two tries, then a six yard put
the ball on the two yaw! line from
where it was carried across for the
first touchdown of the game.
From there on the visitors had the
■edge except for two intervals. In Vy:
third quarter the Eagles took the
ball down the field after blocking a
punt, to thfi Salem ten, then a bad
pass from center cost them their sec-
ond chance to score. Salem scored
twice again and converted once to
make the score 19-0 at the end of
the third quarter.
The Eagles scored in the third
quarter when Isaacs completed a
long pass to Mclntire which netted
about fifty yards. Dupree made
m twelve for a first down on the next
play putting the ball on the Salem
four yard stripe. The next try failed
to gain ground but on the next
Isaacs crashed the center of the line
for the needed yardage to pay dirt.
The passing and kicking of Wat-
kins was outstanding for the visitors
with Hughes taking the load in car-
rying the ball.
Kiwanians Hear A
Convention Report
Carl Sherman reported to the Ki-
wanis Club Tuesday on his and J. W.
Summers' recent trip to Wichita
Falls as delegates to the District
Kiwanis convention. Following his
tialk Lewife McCarroll1 conducted a
radio quiz on which Kiwanians would
have flunked had they been graded.
Overlooked last week was a report
of an address by Representative H.
T. Brown before the club at which
time he explained the provisions oi
the much-debated HJR No. 12.
Junior High
Plays Kilgore
Here Tomorrow
Defeat Jacksonville
Last Thursday By
6 To 0 Score
Coach W. A. Miller's junior high
school football team, pepped up with
their 6-0 victory over Jacksonville
last Thursday afternoon, will meet
the Kilgore Junior High here next
Saturday afternoon at two-thirty.
Rated as the underdogs for last
Thursday's game, 'tile junior high
gave it everything they had on Mu-
sick field to hand the Jacksonville
favorites a defeat and pull one of
the biggest upsets of the season in
junior high play.
Attendance at the junior high
games has been very poor with gate
receipts for the entire season less
than twenty dollars which is far und-
er the cost of trips the team lias
made. It is hoped that since this
game comes on an off date for the
senior high school, there will be a
more generous patronage tomorrow,
High school students as well as all
adults who can arrange to do so are
urged to come out and see the local
boys in action. They guarantee
good game if not a victory.
Fair Exhibit To
Be Shown Here
The Cherokee county agricultur-
al exhibit which was rated as one of
the best in the state by fair visitors
will be placed on display here at
some place in the near future in or-
der that local people who were un-
able to attend the fair may have the
privilege of seeing it, it was an-
nounced this week by Claud Ilolley,
manager of the Chamber of Com-
merce.
Mr. Holley went to Dallas Monday-
after the exhibit and while there was
called before fair officials for sug-
gestions as to how interest in bettei
exhibits might be increased over the
state.
BUILDING A COMMUNITY
WITHOUT MONEY
«
This is one of a series of articles which will appear each week
in the Cherokeean calling attention to ways a community may be
made to prosper without it costing any additional money or incon-
venience. Watch for them each week and remember they are pub-
lished with the hope we will all remember to do these things which
will mean much to our fellow citizens.
MAIL ORDERS
For a good many years mail order houses kidded peo-
ple into believing that they could sell cheaper by mail than
retail merchants could sell over the counter. This was good
business as long as it lasted but so many people finally got
wise to the fact that this was not 'true that mail order
houses were forced to go into the retail business themselves
and opened many hundreds of retail stores all over the
nation.
They still maintain mail order houses for people who
have not yet gotten wise to the fact that sight-unseen buy-
ing has advantages only for the seller.
As a result, the competition of the mail order house is
not nearly so serious for small town merchants as it was
from ten to thirty years ago, but there is still considerable
money going from this county and every other county to
mail order houses in distant cities for merchandise which
could be bought just as cheap or cheaper at home.
Copyright 1939, Frank L. Main
City Waterworks
Improvements To
Start Nov, 15
Street Work To Be
Suspended Pending
Water Changes
November 15 has been set as the
date for the start on the extension of
the Rusk city water system and this
job will probably keep workmen busy
during the winter months, according
to E. L. Killingsworth, city engineer.
The street improvement job will be
temporarily suspended, Mr. Killings-
worth said, until the waterworks job
is completed. This plan will remove
the necessity of going through the
new paving to put in water lines lat-
er.
Mr. Killingsworth also pointed out
that the street work cannot be done
To Let Contract
On Gallatin
Feeder Road
Delegation To Talk
Mud Creek Bridge
Next Monday
It is assumed that the contract for
the construction of three miles oi
feeder road from Gallatin to the in-
tersection of Highway 110 near Pon-
ta will be let to George Kies, Inc. of
Austin whose bid of $36,704 was tab-
ulated by the State Highway Com-
mission as the lowest on the project.
The bid calls for the completion oi
the road including grading, drainage
structures, flexible base, prime coat
and base preservative.
A delegation of local men will go
to Dallas Monday to confer with
members of the commission on the
BULLETIN
Officials of the Kraft-Phoe-
nix Cheese Corporation were in
Rusk Thursday and all ar-
rangements for the opening of
a plant here in the near future
were completed to the satisfac-
tion of all present.
Confirmation of the Chicago
office is all that is now neces-
sary before formal announce-
ment of the opening date of the
plant here may be imade. This
confirmation will likely be re-
ceived within the next few
hours.
First Batch
Price Adjustment
Checks Arrive
Farmers Will Be
Notified Wher
Checks Are Here
About sixteen thousand dollars in
1939 cotton price adjustment check*
arrived over the weekend for Che.
okee county farmers, it was announc-
ed this week by W. E. Gentry, who
says he expects a second bunch total-
ing between fifty and sixty thousand
dollars will arrive during the next
week.
As soon as a check arrives for a
farmer, he is notified by mail and it
is not necessary to call at the locai
office until such a notice has beei.
received, Mr. Gentry said.
Total payment for this county wil.
exceed $120,000.
North Section
Of REA Lines
Is Energized
County Arranges For
Audit Of All Records
FOREST NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Dial of Over-
ton spent last week with his parents,
Mr .and Mrs. Miller Dial.
We are sorry to hear of the death
of Zack Gaston. He is survived by
his wife, three little children, moth-
er, and three sisters.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Hester, 'Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Barker and Mr. and
Mrs. T. W. McVey of Houston at-
tended the funeral of Zack Gaston
Sunday.
Elbert Nelson of Fort Sam Hous-
ton visited his mother, Mrs. Ollie
Wallace and family last week.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. iLinville spent
last weekend in Houston with her
brother, Bruce Mitchell and family.
Spencer Kyle Swan of Kilgore vis-
ited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. D.
Swan Sunday.
Miller and Grady Dial visited their
daughter and sister, 'Mrs. D. C.
Stockton, Tuesday, in the Nan Travis
hospital.
Marjorie Swan, Mildred Melvin
and Billie Sanders visited in Lufkin
last week.
Do today's duty, fight today's
temptation, and do not weaken and
distract yourself by looking forward
to things you cannot see, and could
not understand if you saw them—
Charles Kingsley.
There is no failure except by ceas
ing to try—Gore.
Tomato Meeting At
Jacksonville Today
as satisfactorily during the winter j proposed construction of the Mua
' Creek bridge on Highway No. 110.
The commission is holding its reg-
ular meeting in Dallas instead of
Austin this time. The appointment
for Cherokee county was secured
several weeks ago by County Judge
J. W. Chandler.
months as during the summer.
Cars Damaged In A
Collision Wednesday
Two cars figuring in a head-on
collision Wednesday afternoon nea.
Craft were badly damaged but the
ooccupants escaped serious injury.
R. L. Hatchett, James I. Perkins and
Claud Holley, of Rusk, were driving
towards Jacksonville in the Hatchett
car when it met a car driven by
Bronson Smith of Chireno at the top
Fire Destroys
Home Wednesday
Fire of unknown origin gutted the
Bob Musil house just outside the
west city limits Wednesday after-
of a hill. According to the Rusk men j noon. It was occupied by Mr. and
the Smith car was attempting to Mrs. P. A. Roy and Mr. and Mrs. H.
J. E. McDonald, Commissioner of
Agriculture, Hart T. Long'no, Chief
Supervisor of Inspector, L. E. Pratt,
Inspector and Mr. Fraze, Chief of the
Marketing and Warehouse Division
in the Department of Agriculture
will be in Jacksonville at the City
Hall, today, October 27th at 2 p. m.
to discuss changes in the rules and
regulations relative to grading and
marking of tomatoes for another
season.
All farmers who are interested in
growing tomatoes for another season
are invited and urged to attend this
meeting.
"There has been some complaint
registered against the operation of
the Cull Tomato Law passed at the
last session of the legislature Mid
Representative H. T. Brown, and, I,
at the request of tomato growers
went to Austin last "weekend and
conferred with Mr. Longino and
Commissioner McDonald about cer-
tain changes in the rules and regu-
lations in the administration of this
law, and the meeting was arranged
as stated herein above. The Commis-
sioner expressed his desire to admin-
ister this law as the growers wished
and requested that the growers meet
him as stated above."
"I would like to urge all tomato
growers to be present at this meet-
ing let their wishes be known. Since
I was the author of this law, I am
very anxious that as many farmers
as can attend this meeting."
pass a string of cars on the hill and
could not cut back out of the path
of the Hatchett car.
The Rusk men had started to
Troup to discuss the Mud Creek
bridge project with business men of
that place.
Mt. Hope News
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Lusk and chil-
dren of Wells, and Mr. and Mrs.
£he|ley Stewaijt of Slocum spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wal-
lace.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Loden and chil-
dren visited Mrs. Pete Halbert oi
Atoy Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. DeFoor ana
son, Miss Bertha Jane Wallace an.
Willard DeFoor of Maydelle visited
Mr. and Mrs. Pierce of Anderson
county Sunday.
Mrs. Edna Folder of Alto visited
her mother, Mrs. Beck Adam this
weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Wallace and
John Alton spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. John Odom of Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Halbert and
daughter, Frencse went pecan hunt-
ing near Elkhart Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alma Dickson and
daughter visited Mr. and iMrs. Curry
Phillips Sunday afternooon.
Miss Faye Evi<ns has returned
home from San Antonio where she
has been employed.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gentry are the
proud parents of a ten pound girl,
Ethel Roberta.
True nobilliy
French Proverb
is invulnerable—
E. Evans. All the household goods
were destroyed.
Nobody was at home at the time
the fire started and it had gained
•much headway before noticed by
neighbors who reported that flame,
were coming from all windows when
they noticed it. The department
made a quick run to the scene and
extinguished the bla&e in time to
save the roof and outside walls.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy had a small
•amount of insurance on household
goods but had failed to increase the
amount to cover new furniture add-
ed recently. So far as known here,
the house was not insured.
Local Men Visit
Cheese Plant Today
A group of local men will visit the
opening of the new Kraft-Phoenix
Corporation cheese pi.Mit at Athens
today.
Negotiations for the plant at Ath-
ens was started some time before
those for a plant at Rusk. It was ap-
proved a few weeks ago and the date
set for the opening.
Rusk Girls Played
Wells Last Night
The Rusk high school girls left
about six o'clock last night for Wells
for a return game with the south-
county team.
At a special meeting of the com-
missioners court held Wednesday ar-
rangements were completed for an
audit of all courthouse records with'
the exception of those of the com-
mon school districts for the past
three years.
A contract was made with C. L.
West, of iLongview, to handle the
audit on a low bid of $900 for the
job. The bids of two other auditing
firms were rejected.
The following resolution present-
ed by County Judge J. W. Chandler
was voted by the court:
Resolved: That Cherokee County,
Texas should have a general audit of
all County Records except those of
Common School Districts because in
the judgment of the Commissioners'
Court it is nec=ssary to have the in-
formation shown by such general
audit to enable the said court to de-
termine and fix proper appropriation
and expenditure of public moneys
and to ascertain and fix a proper tax
levy. Such audit to be made by a
competent disinterested public ac-
countant.
4-H Club Boys Are
Guests At State Fair
Six 4-H club boys returned last
weekend from the State Fair at Dal-
las with Assistant County Agent Al-
fred Crocker. While there they had
been guests of the fair association
for four days as a result of out-
standing work on demonstrations.
The names and addresses of the
boys making the trip together with
the title of their demonstrations fol-
low:
Gee Watson, Maydelle, beef calf;
Quannah Perry, Maydelle, peanuts;
Johnnie Hall, corn, and Jimmie Mar-
shall, cotton, both Grange Hall; W.
M. Muse, Jr., pig, Atoy; Lewis Trot-
ter, tomatoes. Dialville.
Expected 250 Homes
Will Have Service
Saturday Night
Approximately 250 homes in the
northern part of Cherokee county
and the southern part of Smith coun-
ty, many of them homes that have
stood for three quarters of a century
in semi-darkness, are expected to
radiate with bright lights by Satur-
day night. These represent the
homes on the northern section of the
Cherokee county REA project which
have been wired and ready for ser*
vice.
The entire north section of the
REA lines was energized at nine o'-
clock Thursday morning when the
switch was thrown in at the subst„
tion just south of Troup. This did
not mean, however, that all of the
250 wired homes along the route had
service at once according to O. W.
Davis, project superintendent.
As soon as the main line was en-
ergized, workmen started along the
route turning on transformers at the
homes. Voltage was checked and if
found to be correct, meters sealed
and the patron started receiving ser-
vice. It was expected that this work
could be completed by some time
Saturday and all 250 would have ser-
vice for the weekend.
This section will ultimately ser-
vice near four hundred homes with
approximately 375 already signed.
It is expected that the latter numb-
er will be receiving service within
the next few weeks.
F. H. Robinson, representative or
the engineering dvision of the REa
visited the loc1 project Wednesday.
W. O. W. TO MEET
The Woodmen of the World will
meet Thursday night, November 2 at
the Army Hall at 7:30.
Legion Installs
Its New Officers
The local American Legion post
met last Thursday and installed th«i
new officers for the ensuing year
who were elected several weeks ago.
H. H. Wellobrn, prominent attorn-
ey and active Legionaire of Hender-
son made a very interesting talk on
the American Legion, in which he
mentioned some of the things thai,
prompted its organization, its pur-
pose, the service it has rendered to
tht .Nation, the Veterans of the
World War, the widows and orphans
| of deceased World War Veterans.
Officers were installed as follows:
D. B. Lawson, Commander
J. A. Eidson, 1st Vice Commander
J. E. Hamilton, 2nd Vicc-Com-
mander.
J. L. Long, Adjutant
Carlisle Meeks, Service Officer
J. E. Copeland, Finance Officer
W. C. Sutton, Chaplin
Jas. I. Perkins, Judge Advocate
C. C. Skillern, Sergeanc-at-Arms
The meeting was held at Deckard'.
cafe with oysters served to forty
one members. At the conclusion of
the meeting a large number paid
their 1940 dues.
t.'
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Poul Powers and Peggy Mae
Barnes ^
Marlin Tennison and Miss Helen
Moore
Albert Thompson and Edther Hous-
ton
Philip Peacock and Miss Frances
Fuller
J. W. Harris and Mrs. Ethel Good-
win
C. C. Strickland and Miss Laverne
Lawrence
L. C. Skinner and Ruthie Easley
Tobie Session and Mary Doty
Felix Buckner and Theressa Boyd
Human improvement
within outward—Froude
is from
School Carnival Is
Set For Next Tuesday
The annual PTA school carnival
will be held next Tuesday night at
the grammar school, it was announc-
ed this week. The entertainment will
start at five o'clock in the afternoon
with a parade through the downtown
sectiop with everybody interested in-
vited to join in costume. A prize of
$1.00 is offered for the best masquer-
ade.
Concessions at the carnival will in-
clude a fortune tellers booth, bing#
stand, a country stor* with the usual
candy, peanuts, popcorn, hamburg-
ers, hot dogs and cold drinks.
Other features of the program in-
clude a floor show in the auditorium
and a beauty contest sponsored by
the seniors with the crowning of the
queen.
GIRLS WIN CLOSE
GAME FROM BULLARD
The Rusk girls basketball team
edged out with a one point win in a
hard-fought game with Bullard last
Friday night. The score was 24 to
23.
This gives the girls "two victories
to one defeat for the season so far.
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Main, Frank L. The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, October 27, 1939, newspaper, October 27, 1939; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth325761/m1/1/?q=wichita+falls: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.