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The Rusk Cherokeean
VOLUME 102
Established as "The Pioneer" July 5, 1848
THE RUSK CHEROKEEAN, THURSDAY JANUARY 12, 1950
NUMBER 28
Jan. 22 May Be
March Of Dimes
l)ay At Churches
Present Matter To
'Ministerial Alliance
At Friday Meeting
.Plans wert being made this
week to designate Sunday as
March of Dimes Sunday in the
Rusk Churches, it was announced
hv 0. M. Walker, County Chair-
man and Herbert Teat, local Com-
mittee Chairman. The plan has
been approved by the Methodist
and Presbyterian Churches. It
l&d not been presented to the
other churches Thursday but Mr.
Walker said he planned to bring
it before the Ministerial Alliance
It a meeting scheduled for Fri-
day.
Un^i the plan, both the in-
dividual and the churches will be
iiven credit for their contribu-
tions. To keep the records straight,
it has been suggested, by Mr
Walker that checks be made out
t the March of Dimes, which may
be dropped in the regular collect-
tion plate. Currency and cash
should be put in special envelopes
jr placed in special containers
some of the churches plan to pro-
vide.
flew Plymouth Car
On Display Here
The 1950 Plymouth car, with
important styling changes and
improvements for safety and rid-
ing comfort, went on display
here and throughout the country,
'J'hursday.
There are new lines in the sil-
houette which give the new Ply-
mouth a longer, lower, more
streamlined appeamce. The
changes are reaily apparent
■whether viewed from -fat, rear,
or side.
The new Plymouths may be
^een here at the Martin Motor
Company and Trible Motor Com-
pany showrooms.
Rear fenders, which are bolted
*6u for economical removal in case
repairs are necessary, have been
restyled and lengthened. A largei
rear window on club coupes and
Aour-door sedans, slightly greater
over-all widt.., and alterations on
the rear deck provide a longer,
heavier, road-hugging appearance
t,'or all models. The grille has been
simplified and made more mas-
sive. 11 consists of two large hori-
zontal bars with a curved-down
|top member and a single vertical
bar at the center. Above the grille
the Plymouth nameplate appears
in larger block letters, and a big-
ger, more colorful medallion has
been placed ow the nameplate.
Described "Packed with
value and ready to prove it," the
^iew Plymouth was characterized
by D. S. Eddins, president of Ply-
mouth, as "The greatest car value
we have ever offered the public."
Glenn Goodwin Is
Rotary Glub Speaker
■ Glenn Goodwin of Jacksonville
*Rotarv Club, Manager of Beall's
store, outstanding layman of
church and civic affairs, was guest
, speaker at the Rotary Club Wed-
nesday at the Rusk Hotel.
The subject of his talk was
Community Service and in his
speech he brought out that
Health, Safety and Satisfaction
are three of the most important
things for a happy and prosper-
ous community. Mr. Goodwin was
♦ high in his praise for our own
local, county and state peace of-
ficers for their courteous service
in helping make our community
j a better place to live.
G. W. Gibson, L. C. Coats and
Henry Taylor of Jacksonville
Rotary club were visitors. Wayne
I Moseley was Junior Rotarian.
Sunday Singing At
.t Church Of Christ
A mistake was in the informa-
tion furnished for the announce-
ment of the singing in last week's
I issue of the Cherokeean.
The singing is to be Sunday,
January 15, at 3 p.m. There will
be singers from a number of
, places in East Texas, and every-
one is invited.
Dialville Quintette
Accomodating Bunch
The Dialville undefeated quin-
tette gave a demonstration of Tex-
as hospitatility Tuesday night and
did it up in grand style.
The coach of the Pickton high
school team near Texarkana
phoned Lon Morris College to
learn if there might be some
team in this section which could
give his team some competition.
Pickton was in the semi-finals of
the state meet last year and is re-
ported to have a stronger team
this year than last. The coach ex-
plained that the team was not
being offered enough competition
in that section to test its ability.
Lon Morris officials recommend-
ed Dialville and since both had the
open date the game was scheduled
for Tuesday night. The score-
Dialville 48, Pickton 31. J. C. Tate
of Dialville was high point man
with 23.
Wells had offered more com-
petition for Dialville last Friday
night with Dialville winning the
conference encounter 47 to 39.
Tiny Tot Contest
With V F. W. Show
A Tiny Tot Popularity contest
for youngsters between the ages
of one and six years old will be
held in conjunction with the pro-
duction "It's a Date" which is
being sponsored by the V. F: W.
and which will be presented on
January 19—20 at th Rusk High
School for the benefit of needy
widows and orphans.
It is one cent a vote ana there
will be prize for the little boy with
the largest number of votes, and
also a prize for the little girl who
tallies the most.
The contestants who are taking
part in this clever contest have
their pictures in Babcock Bros,
window and each one has a vote
jar in the merchants store where
they are being sponsored. Stand-
ings of this contest are posted
daily on Babcock Bros window
and the contest is off to a flying
start and interest is mounting
daily as the position of the con-
testants changes with the amount
of votes received.
There are prizes and honors and
fun connected with this clever
contest. Everyone can take part.
The winners will be presented on
the nights of the show. There is
a special Kiddie's Scene in the
production called a "Visit To
Santa Claus Land." During this
number many children take part
in a Lolly Pop Party on Christ-
mas Eve. Not only the contes-
tants in the Tiny Tot Contest will
appear in this scene, but young-
sters from the 2nd and 3rd grades
play singing games and chant
(Continued on page four )
Junior Class
Selects Play
The juniors of Rusk high
school have selected for their
class play "The House Nobody
Lived In," a new three-act mys-
tery-comedy by Raymond Dum-
key, which will be shown here by
special arrangement with Samuel
French of New York.
This mystery-comedy, which has
made a great hit everywhere it
has been produced, is expected to
prove one of the most successful
plays ever done here when the
juniors present it March 3 at the
high school auditorium.
DISTRICT COURT
The jury panel was excused
Monday after counsel for both
plaintiff and defense waived
jury trial in the case of Fred
Doss vs. Houston Fire & Casualty
Company which was set for nine
o'clock.
The case was heard by District
Judge H. T. Brown who rendered
a verdict of partial disability ior
the plaintiff and compensation
for some time lost because of the
accident.
Other cases set for this week
were postponed when attorneys
reported they were near settle-
ment.
Next week is capital week with
the case of the State of Texas vs.
Willie C. Berry coming up for
trial at nine o'clock. A special
venire of 144 men has been sum-
moned. Another special venire
case set for Thursday with 119
summoned is the State of Texas
vs. Henry Gardner.
Watson Announces
For Treasurer
In making his announcement
for County Treasurer, John T.
Watson has made the following
statementl
"When the County Treasurer
resigned last year, the commis-
sioner's court appointed me to
that office. I sincerely appreciate
the honor and confidence they
gave me. Since the court is your
representatives, I accepted it as
from you. Now I am asking you,
the people, td approve my ap-
pointment and by your vote elect
me to my second term as your
treasurer.
"I was born and reared in the
Maydelle community and I reared
my family there. I believe, and
hope, that I have the love and
confidnce of all my neighbors in
this community and to you, who
do not know me, I respectfully
refer you to any of my neighbors
and will abide their report con-
cerning me, my family, and my
qualifications for this office.
There are many of you through-
out the county who have known
me through the years and who
know my qualifications and
merits, and to you I request and
sincerely hope you may be able
to speak a good word in my be-
half during this campaign.
"To those of you who do not
know me, or my qualifications for
this office, I invite you to inquire
of those who have known me for
many years. During the past forty
years I have sought to serve my
fellow man in poistions of trust
and confidence. I have never
been fortunate enough to hold
a position which paid a large
salary but have always been em-
(Continued on page 6)
Nine Quartettes
And Trio To Sing
Here January 30
Program For March
Of Dimes Arranged
By Felton Banks
A musical program set for Mon-
day night, January 30, Franklin
D. Roosevelt's birthday, will bring
nine quartettes and one trio to-
gether at the Rusk high school
auditorium. This will be the
Cherokee County Quartette Con-
cert, but quartettes from Tyler,
Henderson, Nacogdoches and Luf-
kin will make up half the group
of singers. All proceeds will go
to the March of Dimes, it was an-
nounced by 0. B. Walker, County-
Chairman.
The program is scheduled to
start at seven thirty with an ad-
mission charge of only 25c.
The following singers will be on
the program:
Oglesby Quartette, Tyler
Sunshine Quartette, Henderson
Vernis Fulmer Q'tette N'doches
Thos Pate Quartette Nacogdoches
Lloyd Quartette Rusk
Melody Boys' Quartette Oakland
Dotson Quartette Rusk
Starlet Trio Rusk
Oakland Ladies Quartette
Angelina Quartette, Lufkin
Cherokee County Quartette Con-
cert.
NICHOLSONS' FATHER
DIES AT WHITEWRIGHT
Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Nicholson
and Mr. and Mrs. Quinton Nichol-
son were called to Whitewriglit
this week by the death of their
father, W. T. Nicholson.
Funeral ervices were held there
Thursday.
Community Choir
For Rusk Looks
Like Reality
Over Thirty Out
For Rehearsal
Wednsday Nite
A dream of Herbert Teat for a
Community-wide choir in Rusk
appeared to be nearing reality
Wednesday night when over thir-
ty singers responded to an invita-
tion for a meeting at the First
Methodist Church.
Under the sponsorship of the
choir of the Methodist church,
plans are to develop a choir of
sixty or more voices to learn and
present on Easter Sunday after-
noon Stainer's world famous Eas-
ter Cantata, "The Crucifrxion."
Suitable selections from this can-
tata wil also be used at the Easter
morning sunrise service, Mr. Teat
said.
The proposed choir will be under
the direction of Mr. Teat with
Mrs. Webb Finley as organist.
Those who braved the rain to
be present Wednesday night
were:
Sopranos: Dorothy Long, Bernice
Looney, Lucille Banks, Mrs. Win-
ford Black, Sue Ellen Madden,
Marilyn Jackson, Mrs. Mozelle
Roberts and Rose Francis.
Altol Mrs. Felton Banks, Mrs.
Hester Koen, Becky Jo Clark,
Beverly Guinn, Joy Nell Dover
and Joan Denton.
Tenors: O. M. Walker, John
Cole, Alex Black, Victor Manning,
and John Wyatt Andrews.
Basses: E. R. Gregg, Don Aus-
tin, Dr. C. L. Jackson, Felton
Banks, Winford Black, Henry
Guenzel, Ben Branch, Wayne
Tosh, Bob Hubbard, Charles
Heald and Jimmy Persons.
Change Of Director
Of V. F. W. Sho^
Miss Nina Scalan will be the di-
rector of the big variety show, It's
A Date" sponsored by the V. F. W.
scheduled to be presented at the
Rusk High School on January 19
and 20. She arrived Wednesday.
The substitution is due to the sud-
den death of Mrs. Edna B. Shalan-
der's mother in Washington, Iowa.
Mrs. Shalander stated, that she
wishes to thank the people of
Rusk and the local V. F. W. organ-
ization for the many courtesies
and kindnesses extended her
while in Rusk.
The show will go on as schedul-
ed on January 19 under the aus-
pices of the V. F. W. Mrs. Sha-
lander stated that Nina Scalan is
one of the finest directors in their t
organization and that she' 'felt <
fortunate in having her as a sub- i
stitute.
I
Holcomb Showing
New Oldsmobile
The new 1950 Oldsmobile Roc-!
kets were introduced in Rusk last
week by the Holcomb Motor Com- j
pany. The announcement of the j
showing was scheduled to appear !
in last week's Cherokeean but j
owing to an accident with the
matrix from which the illustra-
tions are made it was necessary to
hold it over until this week. The
new matrix was ordered by wire
out of Detroit.
A new Whirlaway Hydra-Matic
Drive is being introduced to the
public with the new models. The
drive, which is optional, is report-
ed to give new smoothness in for-
ward speeds and provides a faster
shifting into reverse. It also pro-
vides great surplus of power on
hills and for passing slower cars.
The Rocket engine is unchang-
ed except for a few engineering
refinements. It will power both
the "88" and the "98" models.
Jones President
Bar Association
County Attorney Orvan B.
Jones was elected president of
the Cherokee County Bar Asso-
ciation at a meeting held at the
Liberty hotel in Jacksonville last
Friday night.
Dudley Lawson, Alto, was elect-
ed vice president and G. W. Gib-
son, Jacksonville, secretary- treas-
urer.
It's easy to call a spade a spade
'til you stumble on it in the dark.
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Burke Announces
For Re-Election
Ward R. Burke, District Attor-
ney of the Second Judicial Dis-
trict, composed of Cherokee, An-
gelina and Nacogdoches counties,
announces that he is asking for
re-election as District Attorney.
Ward Burke was reared in An-
gelina county, attended Stephen
F. Austin College, graduated from
the University of Texas Law
School, and is licensed to practice
law both by the Supreme Court
of Texas and of the United States.
He served four years in the Unit-
ed States Marine Corps in World
War II, is married, has two chil-
dren, and lives in Lufkin. Distirct
Attorney Burke makes the follow-
ing statement of his announce-
ment:
"It has been my privilege and
responsibility to serve you, the
citizens of this District for three
years as your District Attorney,
and I express my appreciation for
this opportunity, and thank each
of you for your support and co-
operation. Having discharged all
the duties of District Attorney
honestly, efficiently and imparti-
ally, and believe that the experi-
ence gained in this office will en-
able me to render even better
service in the future, I am asking
you to allow me to continue my
services as your District Attorney.
(Continued on page 5)
MRS. LELA SLOVER
Funeral services were held at
three o'clock Sunday afternoon
at her home in Dialville for Mrs.
Lela Slover, 74, who died Satur-
day after an extended illness.
Rev. W. White of New Londo*
and Rev. O. P. Meador of Neches
conducted the services. Burial was
made in the Providence cemetery
with nephews serving as pall-
bearers.
She is surived by her husband,
Jack Slover; three sons, B. C. Slo-
ver, Tyler; John L. Slover, Hen-
derson, and Bruce Slover of Dial-
ville and four daughters, Mrs. P.
R. Halbert, Mrs. John B. Guinn,
Jr., and Mrs. Clarence R. Jen-
nings of Dialville and Mrs. A,
C. Davis of Houston. She is also
survived by two sisters, and six
grandchildren and one great-
grandchild.
Mrs. Slover was a member of
the Rusk Chapter 79 Order of
Eastern Star and Eastern Star
Services were conducted at the
cemetery.
Maydelle Girls
Are Tops Again
The Maydelle basketball girls
who have attracted more than
state-wide attention during the
past few years, are again on the
top rung of the fame ladder at
the close of the first round of
the conference schedule. They re-
main undefeated in conference
play, with five straight wins. They
•re to start the second half of
the conference schedule by meet-
ins Wells Friday night.
Members of the team are Cen-
ter, Freda Hanson; forwards,
Joyce Lasiter, Betty Durrett and
Anita Swearingen; guards, June
Glidden. Wanda Glidden, Daisy
Lasiter and Billie Joyce Odom.
There are also some other
strong girl teams in this section.
Maydelle's only defeat was by
Bullard in tournament play. May-
delle later defeated Woodhouse,
another strong team and Wood-
house came back to defeat Bul-
lard.
The Maydelle boys finished
third in the first half of the con-
ference play with defeats by Dial-
ville and Summerfield. winners of
first and second places.
Dialville March Of
D^imes Game Success
The Tuesday night basketball
game between men of the Dial-
ville school faculty and men of
GI Vocational Agriculture
school netted $53.45 for the
March of Dimes. The game, ar-
ranged by Supt. C. L. Langston
brought out a crowd that packed
the gymnasium with every person
paying 10c admission including
players and officials.
The starting lineup of the facul-
ty included C. A. Moore, Dan
Walker, Osalee Durrett and C. L.
Langston, with W. J. Moore and
L. G. Vickery making up the re-
serve power.
Members of the GI squad were
Cecil Welborn, Merle King,
Luther Ware, Herbert Taylor on
the starting lineup with Weldon
Thompson, V. T. Jones, Sam
Acker, Olin Woods and Albert
Lambright in reserve.
Officials were E. C. McLeod and
H. D. Wallace.
That's all, folks, that was in-
cluded in the report sent in about
the game. Who won or what was
the score remains a mystery.
Dr. Gabbert Opens
His Office Monday
Dr. W. E. Gabbert has announc-
ed that he will open his office
in Rusk Monday for general prac-
tice. It is located in the newly
constructed rooms on the second
floor of the Citizens Industrial
Insurance Company building. |
Dr. Gabbert graduated from i
Baylor Medical School in 1943 and
began his internship training the j
same year in the navy. He went'
overseas in 1944 as doctor of a !
beach party and made landings
at various places including Leyete,
Kermo Retto and Okinawa. He
later went to the northern island
of Japan with first occupation
troops of that island.
He was in charge of the family '
clinic at the Naval Air Station, I
Dallas prior to his discharge in \
1947, after which he was a resi-
dent surgeon in Dallas until he j
came to Rusk in 1948.
Dr. Gabbert became interested
in Rusk as a possible location
after learning about the building
of Rusk Memorial Hospital. Com-
ing here to look things over he j
went by Rusk State Hospital for
a visit with Dr. Mark Huff, a
former classmate, and Dr. Huff
persuaded him to join the medical
staff of Rusk State Hospital until
Rusk Memorial Hospital was j
finished. ,*>
John And Kay Taylor
Sing For Kiwanians
John and Kay Taylor, son and 1
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Britton [
Taylor, assisted by their former j
music teacher, Miss Francis Miles,
of Lufkin supplied the entertain- j
ment following the regular Tues-'
day noon luncheon of the Kiwanis
Club at Smith's Cafe.
The Taylor youngsters, who;
made their first appearance here
some weeks ago when they en-
tertained the district peace of-
ficers, sang both duets and solo j
numbers. Miss Miles also favored |
the club with three solos.
Church Of Christ
To Collect Clothing
We have in our new church
building some large storage
closets which we expect to use for
storing clothes and groceries to
help in cases where help may be
needed in the future. If people
who have some clothes which have
been discarded and are yet in
usable condition, will call 279J or
318W we will pick them up.
These things will be handled in
cooperation with the relief agen-
cies in Rusk, and without regard
to religious affiliation. We are
making this announcement be-
cause we believe that there are
those who have clothes which are
no longer of service to them, but
which might be a great help to
someone in dire need, Luther-
Blackmon, the pastor said.
Community Chest
Meets Tues. Night
There will be a meeting of the
Community Chest Tuesday night
at 7:00 in the county courtroom.
Everyone is urged to attend.
Rusk Memorial
Hospital Given
Wide Approval
Now Affiliated
With Blue Cross;
Admitted By A.M.A
Rusk Memorial Hospital has tak-
en three major hurdles in stride
within the past month, it has been
announced by S. L. R. Cartlidge,
C. of C. Hospital Board Chairman
and Mrs. Christine Tackett, Sup-
erintendent. A letter to Mrs. Tack-
ett from F. H. Arestad, M. D., of
Chicago, Associated Secretary of
the American Medical Association
advised that the Council voted
December 4 to admit Rusk Mem-
orial Hospital to the Hospital Reg-
ister of the American Medical As-
sociation.
From the State Department of
Health comes the list of hospitals
approved by the Department for
the performance of Premarital
and Prenatal serological examina-
tions with Rusk Memorial Hospit-
al laboratory shown among five
or six hospitals in the state ap-
proved for making five of the
tests. Most hospitals are approved
for making from one to three. The
listing following the name of the
local hospital reads: "Kline Exclu-
sion, Kline Diagnostic, Kahn, Kol-
mer and V.D.R.L."
Also highly important is the
announcement that the hospital
has been accepted as a member
of the Blue Cross Plan and is now
affiliated with it.
In affiliating with the Texas
Blue Cross Plan, the Rusk Memor-
ial Hospital joins 400 other hos-
pitals in Texas and 4,000 hospitals
throughout the United States,
Puerto Rico, Hawaii and Canada,
in serving 35,000,000 Blue Cross
members. This means that 85% of
the general hospital beds are now
available to one out of every five
citizens of the United States as
Blue Cross members.
Blue Cross is a non-profit organ-
ization sponsored by the hospitals
and the medical profession. The
original prepayment plan was
born December 20, 1929, in the
school rooms of Dallas, in cooper-
eration with Baylor University
Hospital and was known as the
Baylor Plan. Given credit for the
origin is Dr. Justin Kimball, then
associated both with the Dallas
school system and with Baylor
University. 4 m • y
By August of 1937, Blue Cross
had its first million members,
doubled in the next twelve
months. The American Hospital
Association then gave its official
approval to the plans, setting up
its essential requirements of plans
with an Approval Program—these
requirements being nonprofit or-
ganization and control, hospital-
guaranteed services, sound ac-
counting practices, adequate fi-
nancial reserves, a record of com-
munity service, comprehensive
hospital service, and hospital
service available everywhere.
In June 1939, the first state-
wide movement in Texas began
and was known as Group Hospital
Service, Inc. of Texas.
In* 1942, the Plan gained the
approval of the American Hospit-
al Association as the Blue Cross
Plan of Texas and has progress-
ed in size and in scope of benefits
ever since.
In 1945, Blue Shield added med-
ical-surgical benefits to Blue
Cross hospital care. Group Medi-
cal and Surgical Service of Tex-
as was approved by the Blue
Shield Commmission of the Amer-
ican Medical Association.
Membership in October of last
year reached the half-million
mark for Texas, and past the 35-
million mark nationally. The rec-
ord of growth for next year is ex-
pected to be 5-million new mem-
bers, at which time one out of ev-
ery four people in the United
States would be budgeting his hos-
pital-surgical care through Blue
Cross.
HARDYS ATTEND
FUNERAL OF NIECE
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hardy and
son, Hugh, and Mrs. C. E. Dan-
heim of Jacksonville attended
funeral services in McDade Wed-
nesday for their niece, Mrs. W. C.
Stripling, who was killed in a.
car wreck Tuesday morning.
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