The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 25, 1948 Page: 1 of 10
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The Rusk Cherokeean
• VOLUME 100
Established as "The Pioneer" July 5, 1848
THE RUSK CHEROKEEAN, THURSDAY, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1948
NUMBER 38
Crowd Jams Gym
For Kiwanis
• Boxing Tourney
Action Aplenty
^ As Aspirants
Assail Adversaries
It became apparent this week
^ as growing crowds packed the
high school gymnasium almost to
capacity with practically a 1 1
standing room on the floor tak-
* en that the annual Kiwanis tourn-
ament is due to become one of
the outstanding athletic events of
the year. The crowd for the pre-
liminaries last Friday night ex-
ceeded that of any night last year,
and Tuesday night's crowd could
^ not have been seated in the gym-
nasium in the opinion of G. B.
Chapman, had chairs for the en-
tin; floor been available,
if However, plans were to bring
in as many chairs as possible for
the remaining two nights even
though they are expected to at-
0 tract more fans than the prelim-
inary rounds. Club members were
expecting Thursday night's crowd
to at least equal that of Tuesday
. night and the finals next Tuesday
*" nigi.t are expected to break all
previous records.
There was plenty of leather
slinging during the first two
# nights with a faster pace held
Tuesday than on the first night.
When the winners of all three
•previous skirmishes meet 'to de-
• cide the championships, it is ex-
pected that the crowd will have
little use for chairs anyffow.
Winners in Friday night's
• fighting were:
James Jared, 80 lbs.; Clarence
Wallace, Ponta, 95; Gerald Wil-
liams, 100; James Earle, Jackson-
# vile, 120; James Smith, 130; Joe
Max Taylor, Dialville, 135; John
Thompson, 139; Bob "McUeifn,
Jacksonville, 159; and Billy Lum
^ Robinson, 158.
Tuesday Night winners were:
Robert Shattuck, 89; Kenneth
Simmons, ldO; Neil Woodard, 107;
Jimmy Persons, 127; Ray Hen-
derson, 128; Joe Ballard, Jackson-
ville, 143; Homer Lee Hinton,'l45;
Finis Green, 150; and Jimmy Bag-
ley, 150.
DR. JAMES I. McCORD
Straits Celebrate
Golden Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Strait will
hold open house at their home
Sunday, March 28, on the occasion
of their 50th wedding anniversary.
Friends are invited to call be-
tween 10:00 a. m. and 4 :00 p. m.
Children of the honorees will per-
form host duties.
MRS. MARY LOLA ALLEN
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Lola Allen, 62, who died Thurs-
' QMay of last week, were held at
two o'clock Saturday afternoon at
Benton Bros. 'Funeral Home. The
Rev. Lee C. Perry conducted the
-<|service. Burial was in New Salem
cemetery.
She is survived 'by her husband,
John Henry Allen, of Rusk, two
^brothers, Francis and Carl Mon-
roe, and j sister, Mrs. Bonnie
Riggs, all of California.
Pallbearers were Efd Singletary,
^T. C. Williams, Tom Holcomb, Al-
bert Meredith, John Parks and
James M. Thompson.
*P.T.A. Meets
Next Thursday
Dr. C. M. Pearce will be the
gmain speaker at the next meeting
of the Rusk Parent Teachers As-
sociation in the high school audi-
torium at 3:30 April 1. His sub-
ject will be "Dental Health and
Hygiene for Children."
It is planned to have a motion
picture emphasizing the subject
"Health." The choral club will
''give two selections. The postponed
election of officers will be held.
Blast Furnace
Making Progress
Work on completion of the
blast furnace is moving ahead
steadily since the return of more
favorable weather.
Col. E. F. McCrossin has re-
turned here after 'being away for
several days. Joseph E. A. Ross,
who was with the project during
its wartime construction period,
joined the staff over the weekend.
Contract negotiations between
the Valencial Iron and Chemical
Corporation of- New York and
Rusk, and R. L. Frye, local elec-
trical contractor, have been con-
cluded and contracts signed
awarding all of the electriqal
construction on the project to Mr.
Fryrf 1 * 0
The electrical work consists of
all of the line work both primary
and secondary, the completion of
the substations and all of the
power work on the entire project.
One of the principal installa-
tion projects consists of the wir-
ing and installation of all of the
control apparatus for the 800-
horsepower motor which is con-
sidered the heart of the plant.
Mr. Frye started setting of
poles on the li::e work last Friday
and has two crews of men work-
ing. One crew of linemen and one
crew of inside electricians. «
Work will be rushed on the in-
stallation of the electrical work
and 'barring the possible delay in
obtaining material, Mr. Frye
states he expects to complete the
entire project in record time.
SARAH ELIZABETH ELLIS !
Funeral services were held
Thursday afternoon in Crockett
for Sarah Elizabeth Ellis, 93,
who died Wednesday morning at '
the home of a daughter in Crock- '<
ett.
Mrs. Ipllis was the mother of |
M. B. Ellis of Rusk. i
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E-Tex Garden Club
Council At Henderson
The East Texas Council of Gar-
den Clubs will meet in their reg-
ular spring session April 9th as
guests of the Henderson Garden
Club.
The program includes registra-
tion at the First Baptist Church
of Henderson at 9:30; coffee hour
at 10:00; general assembly with
Mrs. Gus Allen, Arp, presiding,
followed by luncheon at the Ran-
dolph hotel.
The speaker for the afternoon,
Mrs. S. Arai, Houston, will dis-
cuss "Line Arrangements.
Sardis Nine Starts
Season Next Sunday
The Sardis Cats will play
their first baseball game of this
season at Alto, Sunday, March
28. The players are as follows:
Leon, Leonard, Vernon and Tom
Berry; Paul and Lindy Middleton;
Edgar Bell; Arnold Edwards,
Pete Ralson; James Meazels; Roy
Clapp and Jim Pierce.
They also want to thank Rusk
citizens and merchants for the
donations they gave for the Ixwe-
ball suits.
Dr. McCord
Speaks At Local
Church Sunday
Also Delivers
Sunrise Sermon
At Jacksonville
Dr. James I. McCord, promjpent
Austin Presbyterian minister,
will speak the the First Presby-
terian Church in Rusk at the
regular Sunday morning service,
after delivering the sermon at the
annual sunrise Easter worship
service in Love's Lookout State
Park ampitheatre north of Jack-
sonville that morning. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall
McCord, of Rusk
The sunrise service will begin
at 6:26 a. m. in the ampitheatre,
but in case of unfavorable weath-
er, will be moved to the Central
Baptist Church,
The service is the original sun-
rise Easter service in East Texas,
having .been originated several
years prior to the war. During the
war, the service was moved to
Tomato Bowl, due to transporta-
tion difficulties, but was moved
back to the beautiful ampitheatre
setting when conditions permitted.
The service each year draws sevr
eral thousand people of all de-
nominations for common wor-
ship on the occasion, and has be-
come a pattern for similar serv-
ices elsewhere in East Texas.
Chas. Moore, Methodist Church
minister of music, will direct the
congregational singing of "Christ
the Lord is Risen." Invocation will
be by the Rev. C. R. Meadows,
followed 'by the scripture read by
the Rev. Ben Hearne. Shelby Col-
lier, minister of music for the
First Baptist Church in Austin,
will be soloist following the offer-
tory. the doxology and benedic-
tion, by the iRev. Marvin Vance,
will follow Dr. McCord's Easter
morning sermon.
Mrs. D. R. Richardson will ac-
company the soloist and play for
the entire service.
Dr. McCord is now dean of Pres-
byterian Seminary, Austin, and is
one of the outstanding ministers
of the Southwest, having also
gbined international recognition
for his preaching as well as his
writings on religious subjects.
He is a Rusk high school gradu-
ate as well as of Austin College
in Sherman and the University of
Texas, Austin; Presbyterian sem-
inary, Austin; Union seminary,
Richmond, Virginia, and Harvard
University. Dr. McCord is a writ-
er of renown, having had numer-
ous articles published in Presby-
terian magazines, and has been
guest speaker at some of the
largest church assemblies in the
United States and Canada, in-
cluding the United Council of
Churches in Canada and at Buck
Hills Falls, Pennsylvania for the
Council of Churches of the West-
ern Hemisphere.
In 1947, I>r. McCord was elect-
ed delegate of the Southern Pres-
byterian churches to the Council
of Churches in Geneva, Switzer-
land, this summer. Dr. McCord's
other activities in the brief span
of 26 years include serving on
the Austin College faculty, act-
ing pastor of the University
Presbyterian Church in Austin,
and at present he is dean of the
Presbyterian Theological Sem-
inary in Austin.
SENIOR CLASS PLAY
CHARACTERS SELECTED
Miss Robert Leake, Mrs. Clyde
Cathen, and Mrs. Raymond Bix-
ler were judges Friday afternoon
when members ofthe senior class
tried out for parts in their play,
"The Uncertain Age," to be given
May 7.
The judges selected the follow-
ing students to play the parts:
Joy Hamilton, Rose Francis, Bet-
ty Mercer, Mary Jane Holcomb,
Joan Denton, Jack Gray, Elbert
Riggs, Mary Nell Singletary,
John Conway, Bonds Looney,
Jo Langston, Janis Dover, and
Louie Denney.
Elizabeth, Queen of Roumania,
(1843-1916) wrote as Carmen
Sylva.
THAT MAYDELLE GAME
Last week, in writing about the
Maydelle-Mesquite game, the edi-
tor wrote a paragraph question-
ing whether or not Maydelle
got a square deal from the ref-
eree. Then he decided that he did
not know enough about girls' bas-
ketball rules to raise such a ques-
tion, especially since he was
predjudiced anyhow. So he tore it
up, even though he remembered
that Mesquite fans near him ex-
pressed surprise at some of the
decisions.
Since then he learns that there
has been questioning by fans who
had no cause to be predjudiced.
Many are of the opinion that
Maydelle wold have won by eight
or ten points had the referee call-
ed the penalties as seen by the
majority of people on the side-
lines. Others also report that Mes-
quite fans near them questioned
some of the decisions.
This is unfortunate, indeed,
in is not pl.eas*
ant, even at the hands of a bet-
ter team. Even though the referee
was right, it would be unfortun-
ate that the decisions should be
called so close as to leave a ques-
tion in the minds of the victors,
the vanquished, or the fans.
Geneva, Switzerland, was the
seat of the League of Nations.
Mother Nature
Healing Stricken
Tomato Deal
In Cold Frames
Since Freeze Now
Plants Produced
A tolerant and sympathetic
mother nature has done much to
heal the stricken Cherokee county
tomato deal which was suffering
from over-exposure to harsh
wintry winds a fortnight ago.
County Agent C. Metz Heald
said Wednesday that many farm-
ers have worked out their prob-
lems, most of them by replanting
their hotbeds. Some had planted
seed for th# second time before
the belated wintery blast hit. Oth-
ers replanted immediately. Mr.
Heald reported that he was on
one farm Wednesday where plants
were being transferred from the
hotbed to the cold frame. The seed
for the plants were sown follow-
ing the freeze. He said they were
sturdy, blue-stem plaints which
the grower reported were better
than the ones he lost.
Band Takes Music
Poll Of Rusk
Members of the Rusk High
School Band took a concert poll
throughout the week. The stu-
dents contacted a large number of
people in town and asked the fol-
lowing questions
Which kind of music do you pre-
fer?
Do you think the accomplish-
ments of the band and choral club
should be displayed in concert to
the community, aside from foot-
ball games ?
Would you be in favor of
launching a program designed to
place the Rusk High School Band
on par with those bands which
are recognized as the best in the
state?
What is your favorite band in-
strument?
Do you, or will you, plan to at-
tend the combined band and glee
club concert at the high school
auditorium this Friday night?
W. E. (Ed) OWENS
Funeral services were held last
Thursday afternoon at Salem
cemetry for W. E. (Ed) Owens,
48, who died at his home south of
Rusk Wednesday.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Minnie Owens; one son, William
Edward Owens, somewhere in the
Pacific; a step-daughter, Mrs.
F. C. Varnadore; and three sisters,
Mrs. Lula Collins, and Mrs. Velma
Kansapeck, Denison, and Mrs.
Robbie Maddox, Los Angeles,
California.
Burial was made in the Cedar
Hill cemetery with Rev. W. C.
Sutton conducting the services
and Wallace Undertakers in
charge of arrangements,
Geroge Clemenceau, the French
statesman, was nicknamed "Ti-
ger."
Methodist Choir
Presents Cantata
Sunday Night
Numerous Local
Singers To Be
Featured
Numerous local singers will be
featured in the presentation of
"The Cross Triumphant," a Easter
cantata, at the Methodist Church
next Sunday night, starting at
seven-thirty. The program is di-
rected by Mrs. Helena Gregg with
Mrs. Helen Finley as organist and
Mrs. Ellen Copeland as pianist.
Following is the complete pro-
gram:
"Ye Who Worship1"—Chojir.
"Behold, What Manner of Love"
—Marvin Echols and choir.
"Man of Sorrows"—Mrs. Lewis
McCarroll, 'Herbert Teat, E. R.
Gregg and choir.
''Lamb of God"—Men's chorus
and choir. ,
"There Was A Garden"—Mrs.
Roberta Shattuck and choir.
"Who Shall Roll the Stone
Away"—.Miss Margaret York,
Miss Helen Holcomb, Mrs. Don
Young.
"Therei Was A Great Earth-
quake"—Choir.
"Peace Be Unto You"—Miss
Dorothy Long.
1'Night Is O'er"—Miss Mar-
garet York and choir.
"The Walk to Emmaus"— Miss
Joanne Askings, Miss Betty Ben-
ton, O. M. Walker and E. R.
Gregg.
"Thanks Be to God"—Choir.
President's Message
Spurs Enlistments
Renewed interest in enlistments
in the National Guard has re-
sulted from the President's mes-
sage to Congress recommending
universal military training and
temporary selective service, ac-
cording to Captain Orvan B.
Jones. He points out the following
provisions as the probable cause
of this interest:
Members of the National
Guard will be exempt from service
(not rigistration) under universal
nviitary training, as the law is
now written.
Members of the National
Guard will be exempt from regis-
tration and service under selec-
tive service, according to the pro-
posed law.
Memberships in the National
guard counts toward longevity
pay in the Federal Army, Navy,.
Air, Coast Guard and Marine
Service.
Memberships in the National
Guard provides eligibility to the
individual for retirement pay un-
der the proposed non-disability
retirement bill.
Dr. Mark E. Huff
Is Kiwanis Speaker
'Dr. Mark E. Huff, superinten-
dent of Rusk State Hospital, was
the guest speaker following the
regular Kiwanis luncheon Tues-
day noon at Smith's cafe. Dr. Huff
discussed diseases of the heart
and explained some of the new
methods of treatment.
He told club members that the
heart and stomach are governed
by the same nerve and explained
that is why symptoms of a
heart attack are sometimes mis-
taken for indigestion. He also ex-
plained what rest periods pre-
scribed by doctors in treating
heart attacks are essential and
must be followed regardless of
how well the patient may feel.
Boy Scout Drive
Brings In $672.50
The recent drive for funds for
this Boy Scout area has brought
in a total of $672.50 to date ac-
cording to John Lester, drive
chairman.
The drive was sponsored by the
Lions club to raise money for re-
gional expenses of the organiza-
tion. Lions club officials express
appreciation to all who conrtibut-
ed as well as to those who worked
during the drive. Some cards are
still out, they reported, and it is
not too late to make contributions.
J. H. ROUNSAVILLE
MORRIS W. HASSELL
Norman-Stone Law
Firm Adds Partners
It is announced this week that
J. H. Rounsaville and Morris W.
Hassell .have become associated
with the Norman-Stone law firm
as partners. The name of the firm
has accordingly been changed
from Norman, Stone and Norman
to Norman, Stone, Rounsaville
and Hassell.
Offices will be maintained at
both Jacksonville and Rusk, with
S'. A. Norman and Emerson Stone
offices in Jacksonville and Roun-
saville and Hassell with offices
over the Farmers & Merchants
State Bank. The Rusk office is to
be improved with the addition of
new furniture and equipment.
A general law practice will be
conducted from both offices.
Cherokeeans Plant
Thousands Of Trees
Three thousand trees a day is
a lot of trees to plant, but seven-
teen farmers and four 4-H club
boys in Cherokee county have
planted an average of 3,026 trees
a day since the first of the year,
reports county agent C. M. Heald.
These men have set out a to-
tal of 227,000 pine seedlings in
75 days, with the Summer's es-
tate handling 90,000 of this num-
ber. Interest in forestry improve-
ment is slowly but surely spread-
ing through the county, and the
cause for this is the number of
demonstrations that have been
put on. This year Heald will have
five timber plots under demon-
stration so farmers can study
farm forestry, and a drive is
on to prevent the destructive for-
est fires. With the aid of a 35mm
camera, the county agent has
been able to show scenes which
point out where and when the
fires touch off timber with a
"scorched earth" policy and burn
holes in the farmer's bank ac-
count.
Farmers are thinning their
immature stands of pulpwood,
which will clear the timber
areas of poor quality wood that
gets in the way of good pine pro-
duction.
Fire is the forest's prime evil,
and Cherokee county has heavy
fire damage, says Heald, but
much work is now being done in
the improvement, cutting and se-
lection of the best timber for the
home uses or highest values on
the market.
q
LEE WHITMAN
Funeral services were held at
Lufkin Tuesday morning for Lee
Whitman, former resident of
Cherokee county.
Burial was made in Cedar Hill
cemetery, Rusk, with the Ma-
sonic lodge in charge.
Voting Strength
Of Rusk Outdoes
Coaiity As Whole
Poll Tax Payments
Of All Precincts
Are Listed
The voting strength of Rusk
increased substantially more than
that of the county as a whole, a
check of the records of Tax Col-
lector M. A. Walters reveals. Poll
tax receipts and exemptions for
the county in 1948 were 6,322
compared with 7,190 this year.
This is an increase of i, ightly in
excess of thirteen per cnt.
The corresponding figures for
the three Rusk boxes ar« 1,378 in
1936 and 1,619 in 1938, an increase
of slightly in excess of roventeen
per cent. Special poll tax payment
drives wei*e carried out both years
but the campaign this year was
probably more intensive than that
of two years asro. It was made by
the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Folowing is the list of poll tax
payments by voting precincts for
the entire county:
1 West Rusk 527
2 North Alto 373
3 East Jacksonville 1,296
4 Mt. Selman 78
5 Griffin 33
7 Box's Creek 91
8 Wells 251
9 Mixor. 63
10 Maydelle 156
12 Bell's School houes 28
13 Forest 112;
14 East Rusk 534
15 South Jacksonville 647
16 Dialville 114
17 South Alto 321
18 North Jacksonville 441
19 Bullard 6T
20 Summerfield 348
21 Turney 96
22 Gallatin 130
23 Reklaw 64
24 Henry's Chapel 45
25 Reese 84
26 Pleasant Hill 64
27 Ponta 100
28 Ward's Store 39
29 Concord 82
30 Black Jack 54
31 North Rusk 50S.
32 N-East J'ville 398
Total 7,190
Tractor School
To Be Held Soon
A tractor maintenance school
for farmers and 4-H Club boys
will be held at some date in the
future, to be announced later, ac-
cording to County Agent C. Met*
Heald, who, with J. D. Bynom
of Ponta, recently attended a.
school at Stephenville.
Mr. Heald reports that Mr. By-
num is enthusiastic about tho
training and will assist in the
county school, declaring he 1 ear ik-
ed more about tractors there than
in eight years of operation on his
farm. He expressed the belief that
he can show tractor owners how
to save $100 to $150 a year th*o
good tractor maintenance, Mr.
Heald said.
Federated Church
Service Monday
The Rusk Federation of Church
Women will meet Monday after-
noon at the First Methodiofe
Church with the following pro-
gram :
Song
Prayer—Mrs. Egbert Copeland
Business
Devotional—Mrs. C. F. Mehner
Aims of Federation—Mrs. An-
drew Hubbard
Special Song—Margaret York
Talk on Prayer—Mrs. Pearl
Clark
Poem—Mrs. S. L. R. Cartlidgo
Closing Song
Benediction
4-H Club Boys To
Plant Hybrid Corn
One hundred sixteen club boys
of Cherokee county will plant oW
acre each ow hybrid seed corn this
year, according to County Agent
C. Metz Heald.
The seed for planting this acre-
age is being furnished by the
Perry Seed Farm, of Henderson,
a long-time producer of hybrid
corn. Mr. Perry is furnishing the
seed without cost to the boys.
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Main, Frank L. The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 25, 1948, newspaper, March 25, 1948; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth341798/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.