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Established as "The Pioneer" July 5, 1848
VOLUME 101
THE RUSK CHEROKEEAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1948
NUMBER 8
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Registration
Information
Is Released
Rusk Youths To
Register At
Courthouse
The following places have been
selected and personnel appointed
to take cave of the registration of
young men who are to register for
Selective Service from August 30
through September 18, it has been
announced by Mrs. E. B Musick,
Jr., Clerk of the Cherokee County
Selective Service Board:
Rusk, County Court Room, O.
M. Walker, Curtis Ainsworth and
Harold Miller.
Jacksonville, City Hall, Jack P.
Pavletich.
Wells, IPost Office, J. W. Glover
Alto, Webb's Department Store,
Douglas Bradford; Cherokee Ra-
dio & Electric Service, Mrs. Ruth
Singletary; Pearman Motor Co.,
Bill Neal Shattuck and City Hall,
Mrs. Jas Hargrove and Mrs. A.
A. Koraska.
Reklaw, High School^ J. C.
Shankles.
Mt. Selman, Post Office, Mrs.
Elizabth Carlton.
New Summerfield, Davis Drug
Store, W. T. Davis.
The Presidential Proclamation
of July 20, 1948 sets forth the
following schedule of regisration:
August 30: Men born in 1922,
after August 30, 1922.
August 31, September 1: Men
born in 1923.
September 2 and 3: Men born
in 1924.
September 4 and 7: Men born
in 1925.
September 8 and 9: Men born
in 1926.
September 10 and 11: Men born
in 1927.
September 13 and 14: Men born
in 1928.
September 15 and 16: Men born
in 1929.
September 17 and 18: Men born
in 1930, before September 19.
1930.
The following questions and
answers will be of interest to all
within the registration age group:
How many men will be affected
by the Selective Service law?
Military authorities estimate
9,600,000 men will be registered
in the United States and its pos-
sessions. In Texas between 550,-
000 and 575,000 men are expected
to register.
How long will the law be in ef-
fect?
Until June 24, 1950, unless soon-
er terminated by the two houses
of Congress.
What is the purpose of registra-
tion under the Selective Service
Act?
To get a complete census of men
through 25 years of age. From
among those 19 through 25 will
;... selected those moot suitable for
military training.
Who must register under the
Selective Service lw?
All male citizens of the U. S.
and every other male person re-
siding in the U. S. who on the days
fixed for their registration are
between the ages of 18 and 26
must register unless they are
specifically exempted by law.
Suppose a registrant is away
from hjme on his registration
day. What procedure dose he fol-
low?
Some registrants, such as col-
lege men, traveling men, and busi-
ness men, will be away from
home on the day they should
register. Their registration cards
will be forwarded to the proper
places.
Suppose registrant is sick on
his registration day. What should
he do?
He should register with his
local board just as soon as he is
able tQ do so.
Suppose a man is married or
suffers from some physical ail-
ment which would make it im-
possible for him to perform mill*
tary service. Does he have to
register? t
Yes. all males between the ages
of 18 and 26, regardless of physi-
cal handicaps or conditions od de-
pendency, must register on their
appointed days.
Can a man register lato with-
Student Council
To Award Jackets
The Student Council has made
arrangements to award jackets
to the pep squad leaders chosen
for the school term.
Every person interested in be-
coming a leader will be given a
chance to show his ability in a
general assembly which will be
held after the beginning of school.
Try-outs will be held for two
days. Each student will then be
given a chance to vote for the
three he thinks are best.
The three chosen will be expect-
ed to lead yells when called on
for the entire year.
C of C Banquet
Is Slated For
September 7th
Marvin Vance
To Be Speaker
Of The Evening
The chamber of commerce ban-
quet and membership meeting,
postponed some weeks ago, will
definitely be held September 7
in the Rusk hotel according to
present plans.
The Rev. Marvin Vance, Pastor
of the First Methodist church of
Jacksonville, will be the after din-
ner speaker. The meeting was
postponed when it conflicted with
his vacation time.
The banquet, formerly an an-
nual affair, was discontinued dur-
ing the war and had not been re-
sumed.
J'ville Toms and
Bulah in Play-off
The Jacksonville Toms and the
Bulah Bears will begin the Toma-
to Belt League play-off Sunday
at Bulah, The game will start
around three o'clock.
The play-off will be a three-
game series, with all the games
being played at Bulah on follow-
ing Sundays. A large crowd is
expected as the Toms were the
league leaders, and Bulah in sec-
ond place. Bulah defeated the
Toms in their last two games of
league play. This should cause
the teams to play even harder, as
it will decide who is champion of
Cherokee county. This play-off
will complete one of the most
successful ball seasons that has
been seen in this county for sev-
eral years.
Manager Buster Hassell has an-
nounced that he will probably
start Emmett Holcomb on the
mound for the Bears.
E. C. McLEOD HAS
MASTER'S DEGREE
E. C. McLeod, Vocational Agri-
culture teacher in Rusk schools,
who has been attending the sum-
mer session at Texas A. & M. Col-
lege, completed his work for his
master's degree which he received
with the graduating class.
■He returned to Rusk this week.
SOLDIER'S BODY
TO BE RETURNED
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Williams
received word last week that the
body of their son, Pfc. Claris
D. Williams, is enroute home from
France. Reburial will be made
in Cedar Hill Cemetry.
out being penalized?
Oirly if he can produce suffici-
ent evidence to justify his failure,
to register on time.
What is the penalty for failure
to register?
Imprisonment up to five years
and fine up to $10,000, or both,
is provided for conviction of vio-
lation of provisions of the Selec-
tive Service Act. Conviction of
violation of industrial porvisions
is puishable by higher fines.
Who is exempt from registra-
tion?
Members of the armed forces
oh active duty, including mem-
bers of the Coast and Geodetic
Survey and the Public Health
Service; cadetR of the U. S. Mili-
tary Academy and Coast Guard
Academy; midshipmen, U. S.
Naval Academy also foreign diplo-
mnKic and consular representa-
tives and members of their fami-
lies.
City Water Job
Awarded Temple
Associates
Work Due To Start
Within Next Three
Or Four Weeks
The contract lor construction
of a new water tank, purifying
units and a new sewage disposal
plant was awarded to Temple As-
sociates by the city council Mon-
day. The low bid for the three
jobs was $136,000.00.
The concrete water tank, which
will be located on top of the hill
on the Mrs. F. B. Guinn place,
some distance east of her home,
will be of 300,000-gallon capacity
compared to the 50,000-gallon ca-
pacity of the present tank. Its
higher elevation will substantially
increase the water pressure
throughout the city. The tank .will
be oval in shape about half above
ground and half below with a
water depth of about sixteen feet.
The disposal plant will be lo-
cated on the Langston place south
of Rusk. It is understood that
work will start on the jobs not
later than in three or four weeks.
It will be recalled that Rusk
voted $250,000.00 bonds for com-
bined improvement of the water
system and disposal plants. This
leaves $114,000.00 for the pur-
chase and laying of water and
sewer lines. It is understood that
a well will also be drilled to aug-
ment the present water supply.
By taking water from the pond
at EctAards Bros, mill the drain
on the city lake has been sub-
stantially reduced this summer
enabling Rusk to get this far
through the dry period with less
difficulty than many neighboring
cities.
A Light Vote
Indicated For
Second Primary
Usual Voting
Places And Hours
To Be Observed
If absentee voting proves to be
as accurate an indication as usual,
Cherokee county voters will go to
the polls Saturday in considerably
less numbers than at the first
primary when in excess of six
thousand visited the voting
booths.
A total of 127 cast absentee
ballots in the first primary as
compared to 85 up to Thursday
morning of this.week. This indi-
cates that next Saturday's vote
will be about seventy per cent of
that in the first primary or around
4,000, according to Harold Miller,
County Clerk.
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COTTON. BELT CONTEST
Employes of the St Louis
Southwestern (Cotton Belt) Rail
way Lines have been invited to
tell "Why I Like to Work for the
Cotton Belt" in a nationwide es-
say contest spensored by the
American Railway Magazine Edi-
tors' Association.
The association's membership,
according to the editors of Cotton
Belt News, a monthly magazine
published by the railroad, includes
editors of almost all railway em-
ploye publications in the United
States, Canada and Mexico.
In the United States, nearly 30
railroads, representing more than
half a million (workers, have en-
tered the contest, and more are
expected, it was stated.
Each road will conduct a pre-
liminary contest to select three
winners to compete in the national
.contest which closes. November 15.
Awards offered by the editors'
association are $1,000, first; $260,
second; $100, third. Awards in the
Cotton Belt News Essay Contest
are $25, first; $15, second; and
*10, third.
MRS. SAM RICHEY IS
REPORTED NO BETTER
The condition of Mrs. Sara
! Richey, who is critically ill, is re-
| ported to bo unehsnged.
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COURT OF HONOR: Six Rusk scouts received their badges as first
class scouts at Court of Honor ceremonies following the regular Lions
club luncheon Thursday noon of last week. The scouts were guests of
the club and the presentation was made by Edwin Guinn, past-
president of the club. The club sponsors the troop. The six scouts are,
left to right, Kenneth Simmonds, Bill Bofton, Bubba Jared, Robert
Shattuck, Jerry Williams and Harold Cowart. Adults are Robert
Banks, O. M. Walker, Robert Shattuck, A1 Elliott, O. D. Blankenship,
Elray Williams and Lloyd Pipeg.
Several other scouts are due to take their first class tests in the
near future. —Photo by Edwin Guinn.
Football Shoe Fund
To Exceed Goal Set
Indications were this week
that the football shoe fund will
exceed the $600.00 optimistic goal
set, including proceeds from the
Intra-squad game September 3. j
The list of contributions re-
ceived this week is the largest re-
ported to date: The list follows:
Riley Maness $5.00
Eilenberger Bread $16.00
Boots Black $5.00
James Russell $1.00
Texas Farm Products $16.00
Edmiston Bros. $2.00
Nacogdoches Grocery $10.00
Jacksonville Grocery $10.00
Citizens State Bank $16.00
Grapette Bottling Co. $16.00
C. H. Weaver $5.00
S'western Elec. Service $16.00
J. "P. Acker , v $5.00
Ideal Baking $16.00
Elton Grisham ' $5.00
7-Up Bottling Co. $16.00
Holsom Bread Co. $16.00
Hacker Flour $16.00
J. D. Norton $5.00
Dr. T. H. Cobble $5.00
F. M. Stovall $5.00
J. P. Jared $5.00
Ralph Travis $3.00
Pete's Taxi $5.00
Davis Auto Supply $5.00
C. P. Moore Filling Sta. $2.00
Anonymous $2.50
District Court To
Convene August 30
District court will convene in
Rusk, August 30, it has been an-
nounced.
Following is the list of grand
jurors who have t>een notified of
their selection by the jury com-
mission to serve for the August
term.
Delbert Musick, Ponta( Route 1
Melvin Sessions, Alto
Thomas Burke, Forest
Lee Ragsdaie, Jacksonville
Arthur Looney, Route 5, Troup
J. F. Joplin, Rusk
J. H. Arnwine, Maydello
Brum Brunt, Alto
Oakley Childs, Jacksonville
H. L. Walker, Mt. Selman
Hood Jones, Gallatin
Chas. F. Decker, Rusk
J. Harmon Schochler, Rusk
Ross Bowling, Ponta, Route 1
Vernon Gray, Jacksonville
W. E. Hicks, Wells
RUSK LIONS ENJOY
A MUSICAL PROGRAM
At their regular Thursday noon
luncheon meeting, the Lions club
was presented a very good musi-
cal program.
Miss Betty Wallace played sev-
eral piano numbers. Miss Wallace
attended North Texas State Col-
lege this summer, taking music.
She is the Kiwanis club's pianist.
Little Miss Linda Williams
sang two songs. They were en-
joyed by all.
RECEIVES DEGREE
Mrs. Bern ice Looney was among
242 students to receive degrees at
the summer graduation exercises
held at the Union Bowl of Baylor
University last week. Mrs. Looney
received her Bachelor of Arts de-
gree, which was presented by Dr.
W. R. White, Baylor's new presi- |
dent, and a former student mt I
Fifty Recruits
Is Goal Set As
Band Objective
One Hundred On
Instruments In
Bands Possible
One hundred boys and girls on
musioal instruments beginning
the first month of the fall school
session is the ambitious goal of
the Rusk high school Eagle band
and the junior high Eaglet band
in their intensive campaign to
make permanent the instrumen-
tal music program in the public
schools in Rusk. Of the fifty be-
ginners this fall, twenty-five will
be high school and eighth grade
students destined to compliment
the Eagle Band, and twenty-live
will come from the lowfler grades
to add to the very promising Eag-
let band, Herbert Teat, band di-
rector reports.
It is not imposible to achieve
this end, he added. In the past
when parents had to assume the
outright heavy burden of out-of-
town purchase of expensive in-
struments Rusk has had as many
as sixty on instruments. Now
that plans for possible local fi-
nancing of purchases are under
way with arrangements j being
made for local display of mod-
erately priced instruments by a
responsible musii house of Hous-
ton, a goal of 100 young musicians
is not visionary.
Achievement of this aim will
give Rusk a sixty-piece Eagle
band and a thirty-five piece Eag-
let band both of which can suc-
cessfully rival any band in this
region in contests as well as par-
ade marching.
The Eagle band has been hold-
ing intensive marching practice
every morning this week starting
at seven o'clock.
Baptists Attend
Encampment
The Baptist District 2, which
includes eight counties, had their
largest attendance at their Piney
Woods encampment near Living-
ston, August 10-18.
There were 1250 enrolled, which
included 25 from the First Bap-
tist Church of Rusk.
Cliff Brannon of Longview i as
one of the speakers, Dr. Boyd
Hunt, Pastor of the First Bap-
tist Church of Houston, was the
camp preacher, and Rev. Lee C.
Perry, of Rusk, was camp Pastor.
RECEIVES DEGREES
Clifford Trevathan received his
B.B.A. degree at Stephen F. Aus-
tin State Teachers College in the
summer commencement exercises
Monday night. Clifford is em-
ployed at the Lufkin Foundry.
Mrs. M. W. Odom of Gallatin
received her Masters degree at
the same exercise.
CHARLES CHAPMAN BETTER
Charles Chapman, who has been
in a Jacksonville hospital since
suffering a heart attack recently,
is reported to be somewhat im-
proved.
First Graders Must
Show Proof Of Age
Principal J. M. Boone, of the
Rusk elementery school, is re-
minding parents of some of the
requirements for admission of pu-
pils to the first grade. All chil-
dren entering must present birth
certificates or affidavits showing
clearly that the enrollee was six
years old on or before September
1. No exceptions can be made to
this rule, he points out.
All beginners are at the same
time required to bring a state-
ment from a doctor showing that
lifetime immunization for diph-
theria has been administered.
Mr. Boone has a note for par-
ents, also. He requests that they
not ask for a particular teacher
for their child. This (will be taken
care of by the school. Special
cases of handicapped children will
be exceptions.
Judge Perkins
Makes Improvement
County Judge James I. Perkins,
who underwent a major operation
in a Houston hospital, is reported
to be making very satisfactory
improvement.
He surprised local friends by
phoning Riley Manes about six
o'clock Thursday morning about
a business deal. However, it is
suspected that he may have also
surprised hospital officials. At
least his nurse finished the con-
versation reporting that he was
making much better progress than
had been expected.
Rusk Eagles In
Stiff Workouts
As Season Nears
Coach Evans
Well Pleased
With Progress
Coach Evans is working his
men hard, as the football season
nears. He reports he is well sat-
isfied with the progress the men
are making. He has had them
working in their blocking assign-
ments, and running plays in light
scrimmage to better their timing,
and handling of the ball.
The Rusk Eagles face one of
the hardest football seasons yet.
The conference "has been enlarged
to ten teams. A non-conference
game with Alto, September 10,
and an intra-squad tussle the
3rd of September brings the total
to twelve games.
It has been announced that the
time of the intra-squad game has
been changed from 8:00 o'clock to
8:30. Tickets for this game are
now on sale. Football players,
and sweetheart candidates, are
selling these tickets and season
tickets also.
The roster of the 1948 Rusk
Eagle squad and their positions
follows:
Backs: Adcock, Bagley, Brown-
ing, Ifixon, Maness, Middleton,
Medford, Norton, Moore, Norman,
Pryor, J. Williams, Ray, Thomp-
son, Wallace, and G. Williams.
Linemen: J. Andrews, T. An-
drews, Beard, Conway, Christo-
pher, Fitts, Heald, Huff, Hudson,
J. Lewis, Persons, Robinson, S.
Hudnell, Jones, Love, G. Lewis,
Smith J. Smith, Shattuck, Wallis,
Woodward, and Westbrook.
Ends: Alexander, Ball, Cowart,
Echols, Marshall, Magee, Mehner,
and Mosses.
Coach Evans plans to send his
men through a rough scrimmage
Friday evening. All fans are wel-
come to see this workout, and
lend their moral support to the
football boys.
Spears Dairy Plant
In Rusk Is Sold
Sale of the Spears Dairy plant
in- Rusk to South Texas Producers
Association has been announced.
The plant is the one formerly
occupied by the Kraft cheese com-
pany. It is reported that the locai
facilities will be used as a collec-
tion point only, where milk will
be assembled for shipment to
Houston and other points.
A cubic foot of gold weighs
1200 pounds.
Bids Asked On
New Grammar
School Building
Construction Due
To Start At Once
If Bids Acceptable
Official notice of invitation for
bids t for the construction of the
proposed new elementary school
building is published this week.
The bids are due to be opened at
two o'clock Thursday afternoon,
two o'clock Thursday afternoon,
September 9. If acceptable, con-
struction twill begin at once, Sunt.
G. B. Chapman said this week.
Ray Kilmer, the architect who
prepared the plans for the new
Rusk hospital, has also prepared
the school plans. The proposed
building will be of brick construc-
tion, single story, with hardwood
floors. It will have twelve rooms
with modern facilities including
fluorescent lighting.
The new building will be located
just south of the present gram-
mar school building and will face
Henderson street.
Another major improvement at
the grammar school will re made
on the play grounds, Supt. Chap-
man revealed. Lone Oak street
will be blocked at the south side
of the school grounds and the new
playground will be located east of
the school buildings. A retaining
wall along the east side is planned
to make possible the leveling of
the hillside. •
Entrance to the school by cars
will be north of the school build-
ings where Henderson street will
be tapped and a short street will
iead to the lunchroom. However,
there will be no entrance provided
for cars to the playground at any,
point.
The completion date of the new
building will be .determined by the
availability o i materials and
weather conditions. The new
playground will be completed in.
time for the opening of the 1949
school term.
Fertilizer For Fall
Use Now Available
Superphosphate and 0-14-?
mixed fertilizer are now available
through the AAA program for
farmers to use under winter crops
and on permanent pastures. This
assistance is available to any
Cherokee county farmer •who has
not already "used his 1948 farm
allowance
The AAA pays 94 cents per
100 pounds Qn 20 per cent super-
phosphate. The cost to the farmer
is 58j/j cents per 100 pounds. The
AAA pays 85 cents per 100 pounds
on 0-14-7 mixed fertilizer. The
cost to the farmer is 87% cents
per 100 pounds.
Any farmer who wants to use
either of these fertilizers under
his winter legumes or on pasture
should contact the county AAA
office at once and secure his pur-
chase order.
Rusk Scouts To
Ratcliff Lake
A group of Rusk scouts left
Wednesday afternoon for an over-
night outing at Ratcliff lake.
They "were accompanied by Assis-
tant Scoutmaster Robert Shat-
tuck.
At the Monday night meeting
of the troop, B. J. Anderson was
taken in as a new member.
Sardis Cats Play
Elkhart Elks
The Sardis Cats will play the
Elkhart Elks Sunday, August
29. at Sardis.
This will be the Cats' first en-
counter with the Elks. The public
is invited.
CANDIDATE FOR DEGREE
J«?k William Caves of Rusk ia
among 165 candidates for th*
master's degree to be awarded
in exercises at North Texas State
College, August 27. The clasa of
approximately 549, third largest
in the history of the college, in-
cludes 394 who will receive the
bachelor's degree. Caves will re-
ceive his degree in psychology.
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