The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 1, 1944 Page: 1 of 6
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VOLUME 98
Successor to "The Pioneer" Established 1847
RUSK, CHEROKEE COUNTY TEXAS, THURSDAY, .TUNE 1, 1944
NUMBER 17
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More Construction
Equipment Arrives
For Blast Furnace
Some Ground Cleared;
Light And Power
Lines Completed
Two more cars of construction
equipment for the Rusk blast furnace
have arrived during the past week.
The Southwestern Public Service
company has completed installation
of power and light lines to the site
and the transformers have been in-
stalled.
A portion of the site was cleared
of trees and underbrush this week.
Capt. Edgar Ford,
Lt. Butterfield in U.S.A.
* Capt. Edgar Ford, who has been
in a hospital in North Africa for
several months after being seriously-
wounded in the Italian campaign,
phoned Mrs. Ford Friday to report
that he had arrived in Charleston.
In another telephone conversation
Sunday he reported that hp was be-
ing moved probably to some hospital
in Texas and possibly it would be
Temple. It is .believed he is enroute
but no further word had been receiv-
ed from him up to Thursday noon.
It is also known here that Lt. But-
terfield has arri .d in this country
and it is reported that he is now
visiting relatives in Maine.
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Texas Farm Ponds
Produce Many Fish
There are more than 100,000 fishin'
holes in Texas in the form of farm
ponds, which many farmers and
ranchmen are drawing upon to sup-
ply their tables with fish. With this
resources R. 15.'Gallerider of tKo A.'
and M. College Extension Service,
believes it is as reasonable to think
•of raising fish by the acre of water
as of other crops by the acre of land.
Good management in stocking with
right vantt*es, numbers and combi-
nations of fish, and increasing the
food supply during the past |fiew
>ears has raised the production of
I'ish in the a-.erage farm pond from
a few tn sev iai hundred pjjnds per
surface aero of water annually.
Intelligent management helps to
produce more fish and in line with
this Callender, who is the game man-
agement specialist, recommends that
if possible ponds should be located
on a sodded watershed to prevent
silting. Sunshine, which is needed to
grow fish food, cannotj penetrate
muddy water. A jpond should be
stocked with a combination of tne
right varieties, and blue gill bream,
fbass and cattish (channel cat) are
the most common and acceptable va-
rieties for Texas. He suggests as a
good combination to use in fertilzed
ponds for each surface acre of water:
100 minnows early in the spring; 25
bass fingerlings; 50 crappie finger-
lings, and 500 blue gill bream fing-
erlings. If channel cat alone is pre-
ferred they may be stocked at the
rate of 200 fingerlings to the acre
in fertilized ponds.
The fish population should be in
keeping with the available supply of
food. Over population means a flock
of small fish. A pond is capable oi
producing only so many pounds of
fish—lots of little ones or a fewer
number of larger ones.
The degree of fertilization* gov-
erns the growth of small plants and
bug life which the fish live on, and
determines the poundage of fish per
acre. He recommends the following
formula fur each surface acre of
water yearly: either 400 pounds i of
cottonseed meal, or 1,500 pounds of
barnyard manure, and 200 pounds of
20 per cent superphosphate.
Hydrogen is tha lightest known
substance, nearly .15 times lighter
than air.
They keep fighting-
You keep baying
MEN OF WAR Rev. Hallonquist
Elected President
MORE MEN ACCEPTED
FOR MILITARY SERVICE
The following white men have ibeen
accepted for service in the U. S.
Army:
Homer Willard Yates, Joe Eldridge
Purvis, Jessie Hilliard Dunn, John
Willard Wallace, Robert Lee Brock,
William Percy Harris, Werdon Alex-
ander Ashing, Willie Odell Starkey,
Bert Leroy Allen, William Franklin
Phillips, Joh% Thomas Howard, Mel-
vin Joseph McGuire Jr., Gordon Wil-
ey Scruggs.
For the U. S. Navy:
Emmett Harold Miller, Charlie Ad-
ams, John W. Thompson, Charles Ol-
iver Wilson, Robert Lee Murphy, El-
ma Baker Musick, Jr., Jack Garner,
Robert Lewis Banks, Woodrow Brown
Ernest E. McKnight, Gerald W. Al-
ien, Jess W. Wheeler, '.Russell M.
Harrison, Sammie L. Warren, Chas.
E. Bynum, John C. Collier, Doyle F.
Willis, John Harmon Schochler, J,
Manning Bagley, William P. Largent,
Frank H. Engledow, Milton B. Sin-
gletary, Earnie Glover, George O.
Watson, James D. Long II, Wade L.
Dover, Thurman E. Cobb, Stanley R.
Berry, Eldon C. Parsons and Lenon
W. Bolton.
Chester A. Shaw received his wings
and commission as a second lieuten-
ant at Luke Field, Arizona last week.
Aiter a short visit here with his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Pryor, he returned to Luke Field,
where he will ibe an instructor.
James A. Waggcer of Hunter Field,
Ga., has recently been promoted to
Sergeant. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Waggoner, Route 5.
Marvin Troublefield, Jr. of the U.
S. Navy has been promoted to sea-
man 2econd class. He is stationed in
San Diego, California.
Jesse R- Odom, secret Radio Op-
erator in the war zone, writes his
mother that he is all right, and glad
to fight for the UJS.A., but says war
is totfgli. #er is a graduate of the
radio traffic school at Ft. Worth.
Mrs. <Dovie Harbour has received
word from her son SjSgt. Melvir,
Harbour that he has landed safely
in England. He was well and liked
England fine.
(Seaman lc Herbert A. Taylor re-
turned to San Diego Monday after a
shoit leave here with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Hub Taylor.
Pvt. Howard Lloyd has returned
to Camp Grant, 111. after spending
a furlough here in the Smith Lloyd
home.
J. Tom Singletary, who has been
stationed at Norman, Okla., has been
transferred to Natchitoches, La.
T Sgt. A. D. Berry of Casper Wy-
oming is visiting relatives here this
week.
Sgt. Decherd IMIcCord of Longview
spent the weekend in Rusk.
Our boys must keep on fight-
ing—we must keep on buy-
ing WAR BONDS until vic-
tory la won. Keep on BACK-
ING THE ATTACK.
S SGT. WILLIAM F. PARROTT
who was recently awarded the Dis-
tinguished Service Cross and later a
silver star for extraordinary hero-
ism in action, has 'been returned to
this country, and, according to infor-
mation reteived by his aunt, Mrs. R*.
D. Snow, is getting along nicely in
a hospital at San Antonio.
Following is a copy of the official
citation awarding him the Distin-
guished Service Cross:
WILLffAM F. PARROTT, (20807370)
Staff Sergeant, Company * * , In-
fantry Regiment. For extraordinary
heroism in action on * December
1943, on .... Italy. As the assault
company of which Staff Sergeant
Parrott was a platoon Sergeant, was
moving to the crest of the mountain,
it was halted by intense enemy small
arms fire. With complete disregard
fo rhis own life, Staff Sergeant Par-
rott climber a high ledge with ajn
automatic rifle, and from this ox-
Of Lions Club
Other Officers
Are Named At
Thursday Meeting
The Rev. A. Grady Hallonquist was
elected president of the Rusk Lions
club, it was announce^ following the
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Rusk FFA Boy
Vice President Of
State Organization
R. A. Covington
Wins Competition
With 1,500 Others
I jR. A. Covington was elected Sat-
urday as vice president of the Tex-
as FFA Chapter. In a meeting at
REV. A. GRADY HALLONQUIST
annual election of officers last Thurs-
day.
Other officers elected were Leo W.
Tosh, First Vice President; W. D.
Gosselin, (Second Vice President and
J. P. Jared, Third Vice President.
Edwin Guinn was re-elected Secre-
tary-Treasurer.
Earl Dorough was made Lion Tam-
er and R. J. Persons, Tail Twister.
New directors named are Allen Sher-
man and iCurtis Ainsworth.
Sgt. James Lawrence
Believed Prisoner
It has been fairly definitely estab-
lished that Staff Sergeant James H.
Lawrence, reported last week as miss-
ing in action over Austiia, is a pris-
oner of war.
A member of the ground crew for
the heavy bomber on which Sgt.
Lawrence was tail gunner, was a
close friend of Lawrence, and wrote
his wife, who lives at Gladewater,
that the crew of another bomber on
the same mission reported that all
members of the crew bailed out of
the bomber which was shot down and
that all chutes opened. The friend's
wife wrote Mrs. Lawrence, who as
yet has no official wo,d except that
her husband is missing in action.
posed position opened fire on the
enemy. Despite heavy small arms
tire directed at him, he continued to
fire so effectively that the enemy
was forced to withdraw and his com-
pany was able to advance. L'pc-n
reaching the crest of the mountain,
the company received heavy tire
from enemy snipers. Staff Sergeant
Parrott moved forward with a rifle
across an exposed area, killed seven
snipers and delivered such effective
file that the enemy was forced to
w<ifchdraw. Staff Sergeant Parott's
intrepid performance greatly aided
his battalion to secure a difficult ob-
jective. Entered military service from
Rusk, Texas.
Mark W. Clark, (Lieutenant Gener-
al, U. S. Army, Commanding.
Approved for Transmittal:
(J. Blance, iColones, M. C. Com-
manding, 30th General Hospital.
Dedicate Denison Dam
The First Of July
Coincidentally with the announce-
ment of July 1 as the dedication date
of the $54,u00,000 Denison Dam, wat-
er in the lake which it impounds rose
four feet this week as a result of re-
cent, heavy rains, bringing the water
level to approximately 584 feet.
Tentative program plans for the
dedication, under supervision of the
United States Army Corps Engineers
Denison District, include Honorable
13am Rayburn and Senator Elmer
Thomas as principal speakers and the
presence of high government and mil-
itary personnel. The business inter-
ests of Denison have formed a com-
mittee to assist in the entertainment
of the guests.
Denison Dam, largest earthen
rolled-filled structure of its kind in
the nation, forms the fifth largest
man-made lake, with a surface area
R. A. COVINGTON
Nacogdoches R. A. was selected as
the FFA member from the East
Texas area for outstanding leader-
ship in competition with fifteen hun-
dred other FFA members from this
area.
This is the first time that a Cher-
okee County tboy has been honored
with a State Office. In order to ob-
tain this office R. A. not only had
•to have an outstanding leadership
program but an outstanding super-
vised farming program; do outstand-
ing school work and be to speak
•before a crowd.
R. A. has been a member of the
local FFA Chapter for the past three
years and has taken a lead in all
worthwhile undertakings during this
time. He served as president and
vice president of the local chapter,
vice president of the Cherokee Coun-
ty FFA chapter, and president and
vice president of the Area FFA Chap-
ter. He made an outstanding record
in each of these offices.
Lee Parmley, his V. A. teacher and
FFA- Advisor, expresses his full con-
fidence in R. A. and is confident that
he will make a capable vice presi-
dent for the Te.ais FFA Chapter in
the coming year.
Coincidents kesujt
In New Friendships
Last weekend Mrs. George Row. oi
Omaha, Nebiaska, w s a guest oi
Mr. -and Mrs. Herbert Hughes, but
thai's just one of the late chapters
in a string of incidents and coinci-
dents.
It all started at Christmas time.
Because their two sons, Edward and
James were both in the armed forc-
es and away from home for the first
Christmas, Mr. and Mrs. Hughes de-
cided that since they could not have
their own sons for (Christmas, they
would do the next best thing, and
asked for two boys from Camp Fan-
nin to spend Christmas with them.
One of the boys could not conu
but Sgt. Edward Row, of Omaha, ac-
cepted the invitation. Then it develop-
ed that not only was his given name
the same as the older of tne liughes'
sons, but that he also has a brother
whose name is James, and also that
Jame Hughes and James Row entered
the service last October. And James
Hughes was stationed at Omaha!
Sgt. Row wrote his mother and
she at once got in touch wth James
Hughes and entertained him at her
home.
So, last week when Mrs. Row vis-
ited her son at Camp Fannin, she«and
Sgt. Row came on to Rusk for an en-
joyable weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
Hughes.
Sgt. Edward Hughes is in England.
Aviation cadet James Hughes has
since been transferred to Santa An-
na, California.
Workers Must Have
Availability Statements
Workers migrating to Texas from
other states, or moving from one Ar-
ea in Texas to another were today
warned by Horace W. Kershner, Ar-
ea Director of the War 'Manpower
Commission in East Texas, to have
a Statement of Availability in their
possession before leaving their pres-
ent jobs. Failure to do so will result
in inconvenience and delayed em-
ployment until such statement has
been obtained by the worker, he said,
Mr. Kershner said all United States
Employment Service offices in the
East T exas Area were being instruct-
ed to refuse to issue temporary state-
ments of Availability to out-of-state
or out-of-area workers, and to refuse
to refer such workers to war jobs
until their availability has been de-
termined.
Too often workers employed in es-
sential industries are quitting their
jobs and moving to other Areas and
other states without obaining a re-
lease, he continued, upon arrival at
their destination, it is necessary to
obtain the release by mail, telephone
or telegraph. As a result of this
practice the worker is subject to un-
due delay in securing new employ-
ment and the loss of time affects
vital war production.
If workers are to avoid a penalty
of an unemployment period when
they move from one Area to another,
they must secure statements of Avail-
ability from their former employer
or from the USES located in the Ar-
ea of their former employment.
The Employment (Stabilization Pro-
gram is designed to promote the
greatest amount of war production
and all workers can cooperate to this
end iby full compliance with the plan.
Canning Sugar
Issue To Stop
Temporarily
Those Needing First
Allotment Should
Apply At Once
In order that the limited person-
nel of Cherokee County War Price
and Rationing Board shall be able to
handle the heavy job of issuing gas-
oline allotments for trucks during
the month of June. Mr. Holman,
Chairman has announced that ap-
plications for the first allotment of
canning sugar will not be received
by the Board after June 10th.
It is anticipated that applications
for the remaining allotment of can-
Tomato Receipts
Continue Light
As Price Steadies
Only One Shed
Operating Here
This Week
After a wild weekend of unpre-
datable pci<jes the tomato market
appeared Thursday to have steadied
with the prevailing price seven cents
per pound. Receipts continued light
\vith considerable rough fruit coming
from the first clusters.
After operating over the weekend,
J. P. Acker shut down until next
Monday. Riley Maness opened Mon-
day of this week and was the only
buyer operating here up to Thursday
of this week. D. B. Bruno is sched-
uled to start buying by Monday oi
next week or sooner if receipts jus-
tify starting.
Canning Center
To Open Monday
The Rusk Canning Center in the
school lunch room will open Monday,
June 5. Lee Parmley, tfie supervisor,
stated that the Center would operate
from 10 a. m. until 6 p. m. Monday
through Friday of eacn week. This
program will operate about nine
weeks.
The canning center is operated at
no cost to the school or to those who
use the service. Ihe program will
again be under the direction of Mrs.
C. Metz Heald, and all who are in-
terested in canning should contact
her. Mr. Parmley requests that she
be contacted at the canning center
and not at her home.
Defective Car Lights
Must Be Corrected
Roger Bevfj, Constable, requests
that all people driving cars with de-
tective lights have them corrected at
once. Many complaints have been
received aoout minor accidents and
near accidents because of defective
lights, he reports, and says it is go-
ing to be neessary to start enforcing
the law in this repsect.
SAM \\. MANNING
Funeral services were held at the
First Presoyteiian Church at three
o'clock Sunday afternoon for Sam
VV. .\iianning, /0, who died following
a short iliness.
He was born in Cherokee county,
December 11, 1 and married to
Saia Gertrude L^pney, October 20,
lay/, 'lo this union lour sons were
ning sugar, or for the entire amount, i'born.
if none has been obtained previously,
will be accepted again beginning Ju-
ly 1st.
Persons expecting to need canning
sugar before July should immediately
make application while it is still pos-
sible to do so.
Cooking Demonstration
Thursday, June 8
Mr. Manning- had been in business
in Ku.-k loi lorty years.
His daily life was a beautiful ex-
ample oi unselfishness and service to
his i'ello.vman. and he was loved and
lespecteu by all who knew him.
' Hi.- nios; lovable trait of character
. was his sincerity. His kindness and
j generosity to those iti need will nev-
er be forgotten. Among his host of
j friends and loved ones who grieve at
The Rusk Garden Club :s sponsor- passing are many boys in the
ng a cooking demonstration at the|arnlelj folt.es [0 whom he had giver.
a home.
Home Ec nomies cottage next
day afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The public is invited and u
attend.
Thurs-
VI d tO
of 140 square miles and a 1,250 mile
shoreline.
Extensive plans for postwar recre-
ational facilities indlude an impres-
sive resort at Preston Bend on the
Texas side and several smaller park
developments. Boating, fishing, swim-
ming and hunting promise to make it
the playground of the Southwest.
MISS ROBBIE McCLAIN has r«r|
signed as Baptist church secretary
and returned to her home at Waco,
where she has accepted a similar po-
sition with the 7th and James Street
Baptist church of that city. Mrs.
Pearl Clark as taken over the local
position for the summer months.
He is survived by his wife and four
sons: Claude L. Manning of Rusk;
Oscar L. (Manning. Troup; Guy B.
Manning, Port Arthur, and Ellis J.
Manning of Fort Sam Houston. He
is also survived by four grandchil-
dren and three brothers and three
sisters. The sister- are Mrs. Jim Bag-
ley of Rusk; Mrs. Ida McCord of Dal-
las; and Mrs. Tom Jones, McKinney.
The brothers are John Manning, Ty-
ler; Frank 'Manning, Dallas and Fred
Manning of Terrell.
Dr. Gary L. Smith conducted the
services and burial was made in Ced-
ar Hill cemetery with Benton Bros.
Funeral Directors in ehaa-ge.
Pallbearers were Ray Odom, Walt-
er Richey, Bill Vining, Webb Finley,
Alfred Elliott, Harmon Stevens, John
Parks and Frazier Guinn.
Honorary pallbearers were Ed
Spinks, Will Ricketts, Tom Frazier,
Hill Fitts, S. G. Kerr, Ed Singletary.
Joe Copeland, Bud Odom, Marcus
Covington, Dr. Moseley, John Hol-
comb, H. I. Henderson, Percy Stew*
art, Jean Hawkins, Tom Guinn, John
Sanders, Frank Sloan and O. B. Slay-
den. '
The same slogan is appropriate for
war bonds and victory gardens—dig
#wn.
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Main, Frank L. The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 1, 1944, newspaper, June 1, 1944; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth326001/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.