The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, August 28, 1936 Page: 7 of 8
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THE RUSK CHEROKEE AN. RUSK. CHEROKEE COUNTY. TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1936.
COLLEGE GRADUATE TEACHES THOSE WHO
NEVER WENT TO SCHOOL—WPA WORK
Texas Theatre—Sat. Midnight, Sun., Mon., Tues.
SAN ANTONIO, August 28—
In a tiny West Texas rural school
building eighty-five farmers, ran-
ging from youngsters just be-
yond legal school age to white-
haired men whose wrinkled faces
have reflected the sun of 75 sum-
mers, are attending classes.
Behind the desks sit many who
have never attended school be-
fore. Few of these students pass-
ed elementary school grades in
•earlier scholastic efforts. Direct-
ly under a ceiling light a work-
gnarled oldster labriously guides
a pencil over his sheet of paper.
iSixty-seven years old, he is com-
posing the first letter he has ever
written. The sun-tanned faces of
other men about the room are
... wrinkled in concentration over
4 simple school problems. Clad in
* working clothes, these adult stu-
'■ dents form a strange contrast to
'the wonted occupants of the class
room.
Presiding over this group of
pupils is a young college grad-
uate. Trained as a teacher, he
left college to find no jobs avail-
able. His finances exhausted by a
fruitles search for employment,
,he was forced to "go on relief".
^ Today he is earning a salary,
T small but adequate to sustain
4 himself and his dependents and
gains experience in the profession
for which he has equipped him-
Self.
_ Those 85 farmers form a cross-
section of the 110,226 Texans who
are attending WPA emergency
education classes in every sec-
tion of the state. Their studies
range from courses in which illi-
terates are taught fudamental
principles of reading and writing
to standard college training. Their
instructor is one of 1,984 teachers
^ for whom WPA is providing an
opportunity to follow their nor-
mal vocation.
General adult education, group-
ing academic classes from gram-
mar school to college level work,
"attracts 44,905 students. Attention
of the enrollee is directed to-
ward discussions of citizenship
and public affairs. Included in
the curriculum are special cours-
es in safety, first aid, health e'du-
RMPS
The Old Reliable Exterminator
Uied the world over for m«ny generation!,
to kill rata, mice and noxious animals. A
sure way to do away with dangerous pests.
Bafe to handle. Sold by general stores and
druggists. 25c. 50c a box. Manufactured by
B. 8. WELLS, Chemist
"N lo-
cation, avocational training, hand-
icraft work, general correspon-
dence and cultural education. Tea-
chers assist adults to overcome
speech defects such as stammer-
ing faulty enunciation, or foreign
accent. Special classes are held
for mothers of deaf children so
that they may teach their chil-
dren in lip reading.
WPA officials may guage the
enthusiasm of their adult stu-
dents by reports from the class-
room. An employee of an East
Texas oil company drives twenty
miles each evening to attend
night classes. A 45-year-old car-
penter, limited in his trade by
lack of education, rapidly com-
pleted fundamental arithmetical
principles and is now engaged in
learning lumber measurements.
Attempting to cut a sizeable
swath into the formidable num-
ber of 309,000 illiterates disclosed
by the most recent Texas census,
WPA educators stress training for
those adults who are unable to
read and write. In such classes
34,636 persons are being taught
the rudiments of the English lan-
guage. Recently, a number of ex-
service men who signed their
names legibly when applying for
bonus checks were forced to pro-
duce witnesses to prove their i-
dentity. Original signatures of
these men were all formed by a
crude "X", none having been ed-
ucated before attending WPA lit-
eracy schools. Good citizenship,
too, is included in the curriculum
of the literacy classes. In one Tex-
as city a number of foreign-born
citizens dmde their class into a
mock of Representatives
and a Senate. Just enough form-
ality is used to teach parlimentary
usage and governmentel proced-
ure. When this Congress adjourns
the teacher reviews activities of
the session and assigns topics for
the next meeting .
That these classes are not una-
ppreciated is attested by poignant
letters which are filed in the
state headquarters of the WPA
emergency education department
at San Antonio. One mother
writes:
"When I first started to school,
fifteen months ago—1 could nei-
ther read nor write. 1 was emba-
rassed every place I went. I
could not take part in the church
because I couldn't read. Now I
can write all my letters arid bes?
~>{ all I can read the Bible a
ittle. Still learning I am also
earning to keep an acount of my
bills and household expense.?
•vhich is a great help to nie. i
lave a boy 17 years old and I can
alV. with him now about thing.-;
hat used to go over my head."
The 23.892 students enrolled in
, vocational education classes com-
prise the third largest group in
C LEADS IN
Jack Holt. Clark Gable, Jcanctte MacDonald in "San Francisco"
* *
COMPETITIVE ROAD TESTS
2 to 3 more miles per gallon in passenger cars
<3
the WPA adult school. Limited to
needy and jobless adults, these
classes point toward the devel-
opment of skills so that unemploy
ed persons may equip themselves
for jobs in private industry. Ma-
jor emphasis has been placed
upon occupational rehhabilitation
with the result that a constnat
stream of pupils graduate from
the emergency education class
room to remunerative self-sus-
taining jobs. Six former relief
clients in Lubbock have found
clerical employment as a result
of taking shorthand and typing
courses offered by the WPA
school in that city. Salaries of
these former pupils range from
$50 to $100 per month. Students
in handicraft classes realize hun-
dreds of dollars from articles
made in class rooms and at home.
Hope is reborn for 200 blind per-
sons as these sightless men and
women seek social efficiency in
special WPA clases which offer
Braille, reading and writing, typ-
ing, chair caning, weaving, sew-
ing and allied subjects.
Not only do WPA educational
officials seek to help those who
have passed ordinary school age.
Nursery schools are operated to
develop, physically and mentally,
children of pre-school age. Com-
petent supervisors conduct eigh-
teen such nurseries in Texas and
516 children, from two to four
years of age, are given proper
diet and correct training. Thin
bodies of children from the homes
of underprivilegd families regain
youthful curves, childish faces re-
flect the happiness of renewed
health as the ministrations of the
supervisors take effect. Also aim-
ed at helping underprivileged in-
fants are classes in which parents
are taught science and skills with
which they may conduct family
life more effectively. Parents
learn how to make better use of
available material and resources
within meager means. Instruct-
ors also point out where to find
and how to use community ser-
vices for health, recreation, and
education.
Most of the teachers employed
by the government have had at
least two years of college train-
ing. Two hundred and seventy-
eight have pursued their studies
past the ordinary college course
and received graduate degrees.
The majority of them have had
actual experience in public school
work, although some of them
have been selected because of
their native abilities or their par-
ticular knowledge of the subjects
which they teach.
State emergency education of-
ficials administer the program
through eighteen district super-
visors in various parts of the
state. City and county school
superintendents sponsor units of
the program in their particular
localities.
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LLOYD HENDRICK SERVICE STATION
C. S. HALBERT SERVICE STATION
Residents of Cherokee county
received a total of $385,277 from
the Home Owners' Loan Corpor-
ation during the three-year per-
iod of refinancing operations
which terminated June 13, 1936,
according to the final figures fur-
nished H. P. Drought, state direc-
tor for the National Emergency
Council. This sum represented
190 individual loans.
A total of 44,361 distressed
home owners in Texas were ex-
tended aid in the sum of $103,-
208,774. Of this money it is esti-
mated that $6,343,000 went to-
ward the payment of taxes and
assessments, the estimated aver-
age cf tax and assessment pay-
ments per loan in Texas being
$143.
According to the 1930 United
States Census reports there were
374,755 owned non-farm homes in
Texas. The Home Owners' Loan
Corporation refinanced mortgages
on 11.8 per cent of this number.
The total number of loans made
in all states, Puerto Rico, Hawaii
and Alaska was 1,021,817, incolv-
ing the sum of $3,092,870,784,
making the average loan $3,027.
More than 98 per cent of all
money involved went for the re-
financing or distressed homes by
means of long-term replacement
mortgages which are to be amor-
tized fully over the term of the
HENDERSON COUNTY
VOTE ON SATURDAY
Athens, Aug. 24—The second
primary held here last Saturday
brought out the surprising vote
of 5062, only 945 votes less than
the first primary.
Elected Saturday in the coun-
ty races were John W. Ballow,
county judge; Pat Beard, district
clerk; Ben Dave Dickerson, tax
assessor-collector; and Miss Lois
Williams, county treasurer. Bal-
low and Dickerson were elected
by substantial majorities, main-
taining their lead from thestart.
In the race between Dickerson
and Adrian and Cartlidge the
vote was close until the final five
boxes came in. Adrian led on the
early returns, while Cartlidge and
Williams were running almost
even.
Voting was as follows:
For Commissioner of Agriculture
George B. Terrell 2217
J. E. McDonald 2253
For County Judge
Dolph B. Tillison 1908
John W. Ballow 3138
For District Clerk
Mrs. Bobbie Bishop 1707
Pat Beard 3311
For Assessor-Collector
Ben Dave Dickerson 2665
C. C. Adrian 2381
For County Treasurer
D. R. Cartlidge 2365
Miss Lois Williams 2697
For Justice Peace, Prec. 3
Bailey 214
McNeil 225
For Justice Peace, Prec. 4
Porter 408
Bx-oyles 308
For Commissioner, Prec. 4
Bacon 423
Mills 415
For Justice Peace, Prec. 5
Hughes 212
Minchew 125
loan in small monthly payments.
The balance of the money ad-
vanced went for the restoration
and conditioning of properties.
It is estimated that $228,453,-
000 of the Home Owners' Loan
Corporation advances went to the
tax offices of the nation, with
the national average tax payment
per loan being $224.
CHARLEY HALBERT
THANKS VOTERS
To The Voters of Precinct No. 1:
I appreciate very much the sup-
port you gave me in Saturday's
promary for the ofifce of Public
Weigher, Precinct No. 1. The ma-
jority that you gave me over my
opponent makes me indeed happy
and I shall do my utmost to
serve the good people of this pre-
cinct in every way that I possibly
can during the next year. Again
thanking you, I am,
Sincerely yours,
CHARLEY HALBERT.
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DEFEATED, GEORGE B. TERRELL
SMILES PHILOSOPHICALLY AND
SHOWS WHERE HE WAS DEFEATED
Butter was mentioned in writ-
ings as early as 2000 B. C.
Taking defeat graciously—with-
out a murmur—like a gentleman
should—George B. Terrell of Al-
to, this county, one of the state's
foremost politicians, was a visitor
at The Cherokeean office Wed-
nesday morning.
Mr. Terrell was defeated for
the agriculture commissioner's
job when J. E. McDonald began
a last two-week campaign of the
anti-New Deal stuff in which
he (McDonald) told all over the
state, from the sound truck and
rostrum, that George B. Terrell,
former congressman-at-large, had
voted against the farmers and the
New Deal and that he is against
the farmers of this state.
"Yes, I voted against the New
Deal," said Mr. Terrell. "I'd vote
against those things again, too,
if I had a chance. The AAA,
the NRA and the other acts were
declared unconstitutional, just
like I said they would. Agricul-
ture adjustment is letting the
government tell you how much
BRUNT THANKS
VOTERS
you can plant. That's like they're
Joing it in Russia."
But the commissioner of agri-
culture office in Austin is far re-
moved from the New Deal work,
he explained. That campaign sto-
ry, which evidently was accept-
ed by most of the people because
he had no money in which to an-
swer it, was too, too absurd, he
says, pointing to the vote that
he got in his home box at Alto
as compared to the vote that Mc-
Donald had in Waxahachie, his
home town. Terrell scored 58
more votes than Mr. Mac did over
at Waxahachie, while in Chero-
kee county Mr. Terrell led Mc-
Donald 4606 to 1571. In the Alto
boxes, Terrell polled 702 votes to
224 for McDonald.
1 And, so, Mr. Terrell has at last
been defeated, but he takes it
philosophically, happily.
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Watch for upset little stomachs, bad breath,
fretfulness, loss of weight, itching around
nose ?nd arms. They may have pin or round
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TO THE PEOPLE OF
CHEROKEE COUNTY:
I wish to express my sincere j
thanks to the people of Chero- j
kee county for the large vote
given me in last Saturday's pri- i
mary, and which gave me the
honor of being your sheriff for
two years beginning next Jan-
uary 1.
While I feel honored by the
large vote, I also feel the re-
sponsibility that is being placed
upon my shoulders, and expect
to fill the job the very best that
I know how.
Gratefully yours,
B. J. (Bill) Brunt
Annapolis naval academy ac-
cepts John Paul Jones, Welsh-
man, as father of the American
■ navy; others claim the honor be-
longs to John Barry, Irishman.
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Miller, Elton L. The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, August 28, 1936, newspaper, August 28, 1936; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth341690/m1/7/?rotate=270: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.