The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 26, 1950 Page: 1 of 10
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The Rusk Cherokeean
Established as "The Pioneer" July 5, 1848
VOLUME 102
THE RUSK CHEROKEEAN, THURSDAY JANUARY 26, 1950
NUMBER 30
Kiwanis Club
DJembers 'Adopt'
Nieces By Score
♦Will Serve As
Uncles To Rusk
School Girls
Between fifteen and twenty
members of the Rusk Kiwanis
Club, with the help and coopera-
tion of their wives, will serve as
•xtra "uncles" to groups of girls
of Rusk high school and eighth
grade, if plans which have been
under consideration for the past
#.w weeks are worked out satis-
factorily.
The plan was submitted to the
club early in January by Frank L.
i'ain, newly installed president,
and was unanimously approved.
He pointed out that several organ-
izations of Rusk are active in
j?j)ys' work, but no provision has
been made for rendering any help
for the girls. He reminded them
that the girl scouts and communi-
ty center plans had been tried,
but both had been abandoned for
lack of interest. He told members
of the club that service work
■which is carried out by cash con-
tributions is not regarded as im-
portant as work which requires
time and thought. It was then
submitted to girls of the high
•:hool and eighth grade and met
•with the approval of a substantial
number. They were asked to
choose from the members of the
••lub the ones they preferred for
tKeir "uncles" and this choice
with a brief explanation of the
plan was then submitted to the
fnothers of the girls for their ap-
iproval. Indications were this week
that slightly in excess of forty
were ready to go ahead with the
jflan. The club specified that each
uncle must have at least t<yo niec-
I es, and that his wife mus. agiee
to cooperate which would include
her going along to football games
#jr on any other trips where the
uncles were needed to furnish
transportation.
It has been suggested that the
• CCiwanians be known as Ki-Uncles
and the girls be called Kiwanieces.
The program is still open to
girls of the high school and eighth
•grade who wish to participate.
These interested may form groups
*f not less than two or more than
four. Kiwanian G. B. Chapman
/has a list of "uncles" available.
They can make their selections,
and the plan will then be submit-
ted to their mothers for approval.
^ For the information of parents
and others interested, following is
a list of Kiwanis officers and
members, together with the com-
mittees on which they serve:
President, Frank L. Main; Vice
President, Curtis McLeod; Treas-
urer, E. B. Musick, Sr.; Secretary,
AVebb Finley. Directors: John
Miller, J. L. Bagley, Riley Mane'ss.
J. H. Rounsaville, R. W. Travis,
E S. Erwin and Dr. T. H. Cobble.
Program Committee: R. C. Cov-
"ungton, Lee C. Perry, Marvin
Echols, J. L. Bagley, J. A. Eidson,
L. K. Miller, E. B. Musick, Ralph
Benton, Floyd Dotson, Harold Mil-
der, Richard Marion and Doyle
Taylor.
Underprivileged Child and Vo-
cational Guidance: F. M. Stovall,
•Robert Shattuck, K- B. Urban,
Morris Hassell, Richard Marion
and John Miller.
Agriculture: Curtis McLeod, F.
JVI. Stovall, Ralph Travis, Riley
(Continued on Page Four)
Harold Miller To
Seek Re-Election
Harold Miller this week an-
nounced that he will be a candi-
date for reelection to the office
cf county clerk. In connection
with his announcement, he has
made the following statement:
It has been an honor to serve
you as your county clerk, and I
am deeply grateful to the people
of Cherokee county for making it
possible for me to serve in this
capacity. I have endeavored to
| render you prompt and courteous
j service and to administer the af-
; fairs of this office in an efficient
i and economical manner. Your
I
splendid cooperation has made my
work in this responsible office a
1 pleasure.
The records show that during
! my tenure of office, the expenses
! of the county clerk's office have
| been kept at a minimum and at
| the same time maintaining the
I high standard of service which
you are entitled to receive,
j I would greatly appreciate a re-
| turn to this office in the same
i courteous, economical and effic-
ient meaner as in the past. I earn-
estly solicit your vote and sup-
port in the primary election on
July 22, and want to assure you
that no one will appreciate the
opportunity to serve you as your
county clerk more than I will.
Community Choir
Near 60-Voice Goal
A community choir of at least
sixty singers is approaching real-
| ization for Rusk. With a member-
I ship already totaling sixty-three,
I consisting of sixteen sopranoes,
I fifteen altnes, thirteen tenors, and
I nineteen basses, it is anticipated
j that at least sixty thoroughly
trained voices will be joined to-
j gether in song Easter Sunday
i afternoon. Under the direction of
j He iert Teat, and with Mrs. Helen
Finley as accompanist, fifty-one
j members of the community choir
| rehearsed Stainer's "Crucifixion"
j at the Methodist Church this Wed-
nesday night. Among those who
1 come considerable distances to
rehearsals are Ben Branch, Direc-
| tor of the Alto School Band, Miss
Dorothy Long, from Bulah, Mar-
I vin Echols, from his home some
! six or seven miles in the country,
(Continued on Page Four)
County Facing
Serious Threat
Of Mad Foxes
Two Killed South
Of Maydelle Are
Found Infected
Sheriff Frank Brunt said Thurs-
day that Cherokee county is faced
with a serious threat from mad
foxes and that something is going
to have to be done to combat the
menace. A fox came into the yard
of the Fred Lowden place in the
Mount Hope community Thursday
night of last week and bit both
dogs and livestock. It was corner-
ed in the yard and killed and
the head sent away for analysis.
A positive report of rabies was re-
ceived. About the same time
another fox came to the Jack I
Crawford home in the same com- j
munity with a similar experience
and the same report was received
by the sheriff when the head was
sent for a check-up.
Similar trouble has been con-
fronting people in the south part
of the county and at a meeting j
held Saturday it was decided to j
stage a big hunt for the animals, i
Several were killed, but not
enough to insure the community ;
against further outbreaks, the !
sheriff said. The hunt idea was!
j used in Nacogdoches county on a
larger scale with very good re-
sults, he added.
Some southeast Texas counties
have been having similar troubles j
for some years, Bounties have!
been offered for fox tails in some ;
cases.
Sheriff Brunt said he considers
the matter serious and that some-
thing must be done in the near ,
future.
Tournament Champs ,
Defeat Rusk Five
As reported last week, the Rusk
Eagles drew thei strong Big Sandy |
quintette for the first round of ,
the Huntsville tournament, and
were eliminated from the top run- (
ning by twelve points when the fi-
nal whistle sounded. The boys
played their best game of the sea-
son, Coach Elmer Thompson re-
ported, and threw a scare into
their opponents by coming within
four points of tying up the score
at the half. Big Sandy went on to
win the tournament.
In the Consolation bracket the s
Eagles defeated Tenha and Mi-
lano and were defeated by Cedar
Bayou also went on to win the
Consolation championship.
The Eagles play Timpson here
Friday night in a conference en-
ON THE HOME STRETCH
Mj|| &
NEAR THE FINISH: The Cherokeean had hoped to get a picture of
Rusk Boy Scouts completing the circle of the courthouse with a row
of dimes, but with one eye on the remaining distance and the other
on a light meter, he gave up when the reading showed it would re-
quire one-fifth second exposure to get a picture. That was shortly
after five-thirty and the circle had been completed to the center of the
walk on the north side. The other three sides had been circled. As
may be seen from the picture, the fifth second was too long for some
of the scouts to remain still. The group includes the scouts who placed
the dimes, officials of the campaign, O. B. Walker, Herbert Teat,
publicity chairman, Harold Miller, who had charge of the courthouse
circling stunt, and any others who happened to be around.
LON YARBOROUGH
^ Funeral services were held at
Rocky Springs Church at two
o'clock Thursday afternoon for A.
M. (Lon) Yarborough, 82, of Dial-
ville, who died in a Jacksonville
hospital after an extended illness.
He was a member of the Oak-
land Baptist Church.
He is survived by four sons,
*W. C. Yarborough, Sugarland;
A. C. Yarborough, Dallas; E. L.
Yarborough, Orange and Buster
Yarborough, Jacksonville; three
•daughters, Mrs. G. A. Johnston
and Mrs. D. H. Henderson of Dial-
ville and Mrs. Sam Butler of Port
Arthur.
I. P. RUSSELL
Funeral services were held in
Nacogdoches Thursday afternoon
(for I. P. Russell, a former Rusk
resident.
Mrs. Hanna Speaks
At Rotary Club
Mrs. W. H. Hanna, was guest
speaker at the Rotary Club lunch-
eon Wednesday noon at the Rusk
Hotel.
The subject of Mrs. Hanna's
speech was "Men as Leaders." It
was pointed out that men were not
only the leaders in business world
but in works such as poetry, art,
music and writing. Illustrations of
the speech included Shakespeare,
Tennyson, Da Vinci Micaelangelo
and others.
Henry Taylor and John Oates
were visiting Rotarians form Jack-
sonville. Wayne Mosley lntoducea
Nicky Theodore as Junior Ro-
tarian for February.
REV. VAUGHN HARRELL TO
PREACH HERS SUNDAY NITE
The Rev. Vaughn Harrell, of
Fort Worth, will preach at the
First Baptist Church Sunday
night, it has been announced.
Rev. Harroll is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Beuford Harrell of Rusk.
GARDEN CLUB ORGANIZED
The Junior Garden Club was
organized January 2 at the home
of Mrs. T. H. Singletary.
counter.
MRS. DOLLE NEELY SUMMERS
Mrs. Dolle Neely Summers, 75,
former Rusk school teacher, died
Saturday at the home of her son,
J. Wyatt Summers of Joinerville.
Funeral services were held at
four o'clock Sunday afternoon at
the First Methodist Church of
Rusk with burial in Cedar Hill
cemetery. The service was con-
ducted by Rev. W. W. Conley, pas-
tor of the First Methodist Church
of Nacogdoches, assisted by Rev.
J. D. Davis of Wright City and the
Rev. L. W. Nichols of Rusk.
She is survived by another son,
Wilburn M. Summers, Wichita
Falls; by a sister, Mrs. A. O. Les-
ter, Rusk; a brother, George D.
Neely, Lake Charles and the fol-
lowing grandchildren, Bobby, Joe
Wilborn, Kathleen, Joe Wyatt,
Earnest and Charles Summers.
Pallbearers were Webb Finley,
E. R. Gregg and Ernest Andrews,
Rusk; Summers Norman, Jackson-
ville; Leo Davis, Livingston; John
Duran and Grady Coates, Joiner-
ville, and Newt Huff, Wichita
Falls. Honorary pallbearers were
members of the Gaston School
Board from 1945 to 1950 and the
Livingston School Board from
1933 to 1945.
SCOUTS TO MEET AT
METHODIST CHURCH
The scouts will meet in the base-
ment of the First Methodist
church at 7:00 p.m. Friday. No
meeting will be held at the Ameri-
can Legion Hall this week.
Herbert Teat will be present
to help direct the practice for the
P. T. A. and Scout show program.
State Hospital Gives
Dime March Boost
The Rusk State Hospital re-
sponded generously to the first
drive recently held to raise funds |
for the March of Dimes, but en-
thusiasm and ingenuity are out-
standing traits of the personnel of
this hospital and they were not
satisfied to merely meet their
quota and let it go at that. The
ball was rolling and the employ-
ees wanted to give it another kick,
aimed at a higher goal and better
score. .
Mrs. Essie Madden, Recreation-
al Director, and E. S. Erwin, Pub-
lic Relations Director and retir-
ing president of Rusk Chapter of
Texas Public Employees Associa-
tion, planned a unique entertain-
ment, patterned after an old time
County Fair to promote and sus-
tain interest in the current drive.
The spacious recreational hall
of the hospital was decorated to
resemble a typical county fair
ground with "exhibits" from each
department, peep shows, hawkers,
vendors and a stage show that
would do credit to any city. Priz-
es were awarded for the best ex-
hibit and for the best dressed
"woman" in the style show, an ex-
travaganza composed entirely of
men arrayed in female finery. The
costumes for the style show were
designed and made by Mrs. Cleve-
land, head of the sewing depart-
ment and her corps of workers. A
four-piece orchestra, violin, two
guitars and a bass violin furnish-
ed the musical motif throughout
the evening and the harmonious
(Continued on Page Four)
County Horticulture
Committee Named
J. F. Rosborough, Horticultur-
ist for Texas A&M College, has
been employed as a special horti-
culturist consultant for twenty-
two counties in East Texas includ-
ing Cherokee county. Mr. Rosbor-
ough will give full time to the de-
velopment of this program. The
following men have been appoint-
ed as the county committee to
work with Mr. Rosborough in this
development for the coming year:
D. B. Bruno, Jacksonville, Sam
Boles and Ben Hedrick, Jackson-
ville; E. R. Gregg, Rusk; Carl
Durrett, Maydelle; Zack Taylor,
New Summerfield and a person
to be named from Alto. It will be
the purpose of this committee to
assist Mr. Rosborough and the
county agent in formulating the
fruit and vegetable program in
Cherokee county on marketing
and production.
The pink tomato program will
be given emphasis in 1950. Be-
tween two and three hundred ac-
res of thes tomatos will be produc-
ed in the Maydelle-Dialville area
for the special market as outlined
this year. Meetings will be held in
these territories in the near fu-
ture and acres will be pledged for
this special work according to
County Agent C. Metz Heald.
Municipal Concert
Program Sunday
William Masselos, dazzling wiz-
ard of the keyboard, will appear in
concert here on Sunday afternoon,
January 29 as an outstanding pres-
entation on the series being spon-
sored by the Rusk Municipal Con-
cert Association. The concert will
be held at the First Baptist
Church and will begin promptly
at three o'clock.
When William Masselos was on-
ly eighteen years old he made his
Town Hall debut before a capaci-
ty audience who came to acclaim
the foremost pianistis discovery of
our day. Eminent critics joined a
cheering audience to announce to
the world of music that a brilliant
virtuoso in the person of William
Masselos had come into his own.
His star of destiny glowing, the
youthful artist thus began a sen-
sational career as a concert artist
—a career which has grown ever
brighter with each passing season,
and which has included outstand-
ing performances in Carnegie
Hall and engagements with major
symphony orchestras.
In 1947 William Masselos won
the most prominet award given in
this country—the National Feder-
ation of Music Clubs' §1000 prize
for the outstanding young artist
in the nation.
During President Roosevelt's i
third inauguration, Mrs. Eleanor |
Roosevelt invited Mr. Masselos to I
play at the White House along
with such other famed personali-
ties as Fritz Kreisler and Artur j
Rubenstein.
March Of Dimes
Short Of Goal
But Going Strong Making New Cotton
Circle Of Dimes Grower Allotments
Around Courthouse
Brings In $904.70
While some communities have
not reported, O. B. Walker,
County March of Dimes Chair-
man, said Thursday that the
county is still far short of its
goal. Rusk stood at approximately
twenty cents per capita.
Mr. Walker had recent but very
incomplete reports of the accounts
contributed by Rusk, Jacksonville
and Alto. Jacksonville was leading
with $1,350 and Rusk running a
close second with $1,275. Alto had
reached the $500 mark. Mr. Walk-
er pointed out that this is very
good but said there remained too
many people who had contributed
nothing. With the support more
wide-spread, he was of the opinion
the county could go over the top
without difficulty.
The most spectacular feature
of the drive here was the circling
of the courthouse with a row of
dimes. The Rusk cake feature,
from communities surrounding
Rusk, cash contributions from J
business firms and individuals j
during the day, completed the cir-1
cle shortly before six o'clock with
9,047 dimes placed side by side.
Mr. Walker said he hopes by
next week to have a fairly com-
plete report for the entire county.
It is expected that the fund will be
given a substantial boost over this
weekend as further cash raising
plans are carried out and addi-
tional communities and the
schools are heard from.
The campaign is scheduled to
close January 31.
The Cherokee County PMA
office at Rusk is now taking ap-
plications for new grower cotton
allotments. Any farmer who de-
sires to plant cotton in 1950 and
who did not receive a regular cot-
ton allotment may make applica-1
tion.
These applications must be filed j
by February 15, 1950. Applica-
tions received after this date will
not be considered. PMA officials J
stated. - .
PTA Meets
Next Week
The Rusk Parent Teachers Asso-
ciation meets next week at the
high school at 7:30.
The Rusk Boy Scouts and Cub
Scouts will be featured. The Boy
Scouts will sing some of their
songs and the Cubs will conduct
a typical den meeting.
Extension Courses
Are Offered Here
If there is sufficient demand,
three courses in Extension work
from Stephen F. Austin College
will be offered at the high school
on Monday nights.
The courses, 321—Texas His-
tory; 345—Sociology—Social In-
stitutions; 311—English—Advanc-
ed Grammer.
Everyone interested is asked to
meet in room 9 in the high school
at 4:45 Monday afternoon.
BEVERLY SUE SCOTT
Funeral services were held at
Pleasant Grove Church at 2:30
Sunday afternoon for Beverly Sue
Scott, infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James T. Scott. Rev. O. P.
Meador conducted the services.
Bl'TTERFIELD'S BROTHER
DIES IN MAINE
C. L. Butterfield was called to
Sanford Maine, Tuesday by the
sudden death of his brother, Basil
Butterfield.
Wins County Polio
Speaking Contest
Miss Rosie Lee Byrum, Rusk
high school sophomore was first
place winner in a one-minute
speech on polio. She was selected
to represent Rusk after a contest
by students in the local high
school. Other winners in the local
contest were Leila McCarroll,
freshman class; Eldred Pryor,
junior class; Glenda Bobbitt,
senior class and Joseph Slater.;
speech class.
Miss Byrum was in a contest j
with students from other schools
over the county which was broad-
cast over station KEBE Wednes-}
day. In that contest Ginger Ann I
Stevens of Alto won second place
and Martha Webb of Summer-
field, third place.
BENTON S. THOMPSON
Funeral services were held at j
2:30 Thursday afternoon for Ben-1
ton S. Thompson, 80, who died at
his home in the Holcomb com- j
munity January 24.
The services, held in the Church j
of Christ, were conducted by Rev. j
Austin Sibert of Tyler. He was
assisted by the pastor, Luther j
Blackmon.
Mr. Thompson is survived by |
his wife, Mary Jane Thompson i
and four sons and four daughters.
They are Luther W. Thompson,
Tyler; Earl B. Thompson, Sacra-1
mento, California; J. Floyd
Thompson, Port Arthur; I. F.
Thompson, Tyler; Lennie Bowden
and Mrs. Boyd Langston, Rusk;
and Mrs. Dickey Gulledge and
Mrs. R. B. Horton, Tyler.
Pallbearers were J. B. Bowden,
J. C. Williams, E. B. Musick, Sr.,
Marvin Roten. W. L. Dilliard and
Tom Alexander.
Big Agriculture
Program Planned
By Kiwanis Club
Livestock Show
To Be Repeated
Again Next Fall
The major recommendations of
the Agriculture Committee of the
Kiwanis Club were voted approv-
al Tuesday following the regular
luncheon of the club at Smith's
cafe. The program for the day was
presented b y Curtis McLeod,
chairman of the agriculture com-
mittee. He outlined the commit-
tee's recommendations and ex-
plained the projects they wished
to carry out.
Two new major projects were
approved along with the junior
livestock show. The first present-
ed calls for five cotton demonstra-
tion plots of five acres each in
different communities surround-
ing Rusk. Five farmers will be se-
lected to conduct the demonstra-
tions and each will be backed fi-
nancially and otherwise by eight
members of the club, if financial
backing is needed.
To qualify as a demonstrator,
the five farmers must agree to
grow the cotton according to rec-
ommedations made by the Agri-
culture Committee so far as seed,
fertilizing, side dressing and pois-
oning are concerned. All members
of the eight-man groups will be
given the opportunity to visit the
farms at frequent intervals and
see how the crop is progressing.
In case financial assistance is re-
quired, the grower agrees to re-
pay the cost of supplies when the
cotton is harvested.
The committee believes that
the demonstrations will show that
one way to avoid being hurt by
restricted acreage is to grow more
cotton on the acreage available.
A second project which probab-
ly will be financed outright by
the club is a pasture demonstra-
tion. It will also be of five acres,,
located on some highway near
Rusk where it may be viewed
from the road. It is hoped to find "
a spot which will include a hill
and hillside as well as bottom
land. The plot must be typical
East Texas pasture land, which
will be seeded with grasses and le-
gumes, and fertilized according to
the best recommendations. An ap-
propriate sign will be erected at
the site, explaining what the proj-
ect is. The club feels that the ed-
ucational value of this demonstra-
tion will justify the expense in-
volved.
The club also voted to hold the*
County Junior Livestock Show
again next fall along the same
line as last year, except that adult
breeders will be permitted to
show their animals, but not to
compete with the juniors for the
cash prizes. Plans are also in the
making for holding the show at k
the rodeo grounds in connection
with the Lions Club Rodeo.
Future Farmers
Win In Contests
In the District elimination con-
test held in Jacksonville Monday
night the Rusk Future Farmers
won two first and one second
place.
Clarence Wallace won first in
the Public Speaking contest. His
subject was "Why Farmers Leave
the Farm."
Harlan Crawford, Charles Mc-
Crary and Lloyd Davis placed
first in the F. F. A. quiz. This is
a rigid wirtten test on Parliamen-
tary procedure and Future Farm-
ers work in general.
Bill Bolton, Jack Surrat, and
Truman Huggins placed second in
the Farm Demonstration Skill.
All Vocational Agriculture
Chapters from Anderson and
Cherokee counties were compet-
ing.
These three teams as well as the
Chapter conducting team, which
is made up of III Year Ag stu-
dents will represent District I at
the Area meeting in Nacogdoches,
February 25.
The Chapter conducting the
contest is carrying on an impromp-
tu business meeting according to
recognized Parliamentary proced-'
ure. This team won the right to go
to the Area at an earlier date.
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