The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 12, 1948 Page: 1 of 10
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VOLUME 100
The Rusk Cherokeean
Established as "The Pioneer" July 5, 1848
fHE RUSK CHEROKEEAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1948
NUMBER
Independents
'Win Tournament
.At Palestine
'
Elkhart Defeated
Tuesday Night By
* A 44-27 Score
Rusk Independents were award-
ed first money in the Palestine
^Veterans of iForeign Wars Invita-
tional Tournament at Palestine
Saturday night after downing a
game Lovelady team in the final
flialf, 46-38.
Lovelady held the lead during
the first two periods but lost out
in the third and fourth to the
Rallying men from Rusk. Roach
and Holcomb led the way in the
final periods by scoring fourteen
and eleven points respectively.
£ For the "losing Lovelady quin-
tet, it was Harroison who kept his
tiam in the running and manag-
ed to overhaul the Rusk men in
'^he third period when his team re-
gained the lead for several min-
utes. He chalked up ten 'points
for his team.
0 Rusk took the top cash award
of $50 for first place winner, and
Lovelady the second place award
of $30 given by the VFW spon-
soring the independen' tourney.
The Palestine VFW-Firestone
was the only Anderson county
team to XL..... " : the running.
They took onsolation money of
§20 after dowrt.ng Elkhart, 41-37.
Play in the VFW-sponsored
affair went into the final lap Fri-
day night when 'Lovelady downed
Crockett, 51-48, and Palestine's
lone championship team fell. Rusk
bested Pratt's Pirates, 53-45.
Rusk's towering Roach scored
Nineteen points to lead in the scor-
ing department for the game
that sent the Pirates out of the
tourney. Malcom Kutner, Chicago
(9'ear professional gridster and
former all-America end, showed
talent in the hardwood sport 'by
pacing Pirate scoring with thir-
teen points.
Rusk gained a 20-13 margin at
the end of the first period, and
moved away to win "by about the
^ame difference at the end of the
game.
Members of the Rusk team
who made the trip to Palestine
^jre Emmett Holcomb, T. A. Has-
sell, Lehmon Hassell, Lloyd R'al-
son, Richard Babbitt, Oscar Lind-
strom, Charles Jones, Kenneth
Roach and Thurman S'cogins.
'^hey also defeated Elkhart Tues-
day night, 44 to 27. The team
is coached by Charles Jones. Chas.
Long is sponsor.
^ The Independents will play
Lareville here Monday night.
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£ounty Has Good
Accident Record
Despite the ice-covered high-
way and bad driving conditions,
lliere were no traffic fatalities
in Cherokee county during Janu-
ary. However, this county shared
this record with nineteen other
Texas counties.
There were nine fatal accidents
in the twenty-six counties during
January, taking a toll of ten
♦ves. Angelina led with three
deaths, and Gregg county was
second with two.
Cherokee county had no fatal
<f!ghway accidents during Janu-
ary 1947.
There were 121 accidents re-
ported for the twenty-six counties
firing the past month, but only
nine caused loss of life. Ninety-
nine people received injuries.
9 , ON HONOR ROLL
Joe Donald Hubbard and James
Grammer of Rusk are on the
honor roll of Lon Morris College,
.Licksonville, for the first semes-
ter of the 1947-1948 session, ac-
cording to Dean H. V. [Robinson.
In order to make the honor roll,
a student must have at least a
f-plus average.
RECEIVES MASTERS DEGREE
IN ENGINEERING
• Amor.g the mid-term graduates
of Texas A. & M. College who re-
ceived their master's degree, was
William R. Micks of Rusk, Aero-
nautical Engineering.
Bill left this week for Santa
Monica, California, where he is
associated with Douglas Aircraft.
Catches Calf In
Calf Scramble
Jack Ball, Rusk high school
Future Farmer, was successful
last Sunday night in catching a
hereford calf in the Houston Fat
Stock Show calf scramble. He will
feed the calf under the super-
vision of Curtis McLeod, Voca-
tional Agriculture teacher, and
show it in the 1949 Fat Stock
Show at Houston.
Jack says he realizes that he
has a long way to go to change
a 125-pound calf into a steer
weighing around 1,000 pounds in
twelve months, but his classmates
are wishing him luck.
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WHO'S WHO IN HIGH SCHOOL
Jack Gray, James Clark, Jewel
Marie Egbert, Rose Francis, and
Mary Nell Singletary have been
selected to appear in Who's Who
in High School. The book is to
be published this spring.
Ide Hall Names
Committees On
Hospital Project
Hope To Expedite
Work And Increase
Efficiency
Expressing the belief that the
job of completing the Rusk hos-
pital project will be carried out
more efficiently in this manner,
special committees have teen
named by Ide R. Hall to handle
defined assignments. The hos-
pital committee approved the op-
pointments at a meeting last
week
Following are the names of
those appointed to' the four
groups:
Location and Site: E. B. Musick,
Sr., chairman; F. M. Stovall, Billie
Edwsrds.
Construction: Leo W. Tosh,
chairman. Henry Guenzel, J. P.
Jared.
Donations and Contributions:
James I. Perkins, chairman; W.
M. Vining; E. R. Gregg.
Equipment and (Furnishings:
S. L. R. Cartlidge, D. M. Moseley,
E. B. Musick, Jr.
Black Announces
For Commissioner
Guy M. (Boots) Black has au-
thorized the Cherokeean to make
the announcement of his candi-
dacy for re-election as commis-
sioner of Precinct 1.
Mr. Black has made Precinct
One an outstanding commission-
er and is able to refer to the ex-
cellent financial condition of
Cherokee county as part of the
program carried on during his
service as one of the commission-
ers. During his service he has or-
ganized the employees of the pre-
cinct into a crew of experienced |
and capable men; much needed >
equipment has been added, which j
will enable him to put hadly-
damaged roads into* condition
speedily and efficiently. Upon !
his record and experience Mr. |
Black bases his bid for the sup- j
port of the voters of the precinct. |
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MR. AND MRS. W. L. (Bill) ODOM were complimented with
an open house at their home on the Reklaw highway February 1, with
their children performing host duties.
Coffee and cake were served,
with Mrs. Jack Odom pouring,) rv« • ■■■ •
assisted bv Mrs. Vera Wisener. I NflggTltl nf
The table, laid with a linen cloth,
was centered with a bowl of yel-
low daffodils. Gladioli and fern
were used in the living room.
The children present wei'e Mrs.
Bill Williamson, Jack Odom and
Truman (Acker) lOdom, Rusk,
and Mrs. Louie Lattimore, Jack-
sonville. Due to illness in their
families, C. A. Odom of Forest,
Mrs. J. B. McMinn, Port Neches,
and W. C. Odom, Houston, were
unaible to attend.
More than a hundred guests
registered during the afternoon.
Out of town guests included Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Roten, Mrs. Leland
Markley and Mrs. Bob Beard,
Voth; Mr. and Mrs. Littlejohn
Simpson, Wells; and Mr. and Mrs.
John Dixon, Mr. and Mrs. Tubby
Andrews, Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Odom T. J. Green, Mrs. D. C. Mc-
Laughlin and Cecile and Mrs.
Akers, of Jacksonville.
The honorees were presented
many lovely gifts.
Rusk Hotel Now
Open For Guests
The new Rusk hotel is now open
for guests, it was announced by
Houston and Don White.
Most of the rooms are now in
operation, and the entire hotel
will be ready for occupancy in
the near future. The hot water
plant was installed this week and
room telephone service will be
completed this week.
A formal opening will be an-
nounced at a later date.
New Plates
On Some Cars
A considerable number of local
cars may be seen on the streets
with the new 1948 license plates
already on. However, Tax Collect-
or M. A. Walters says it will be
appreciated if more people will
get theirs before the rush starts.
Car owners can get plates in a
few minutes now and as the time
limit draws near, if the usual hap-
pens, they wiTl have long waits
in line if they meet the deadline.
ROSE FRANCIS NAMED
FOR D.A.R. PILGRIMAGE
* Rose Marie Francis has been
chosen as the Rusk high school
re; c enta ive for the Good Citi-
zenship Pilgrimage, sponsored by
Texas D. A. R. She was chosen
by the faculty from among three
senior girls,Marv Nell Singletary,
Trula Parrot, and Rose Francis,
previously elected by the seniors
as candidates.
All three girls satisfied the
qualifications of dependability,
service, leadership, patriotism,
and scholarship required by the
D. A. R.
Presbyterians To
Hear Owen Sunday
R. L. Owen, Home Missionary
Superintendent, will preach at the,
Presbyterian Church Sunday, it
has been announced.
It was not known whether this
would toe at both morning and
evening services, but this will be
announced Sunday morning.
Fourteen Boys Join
Rusk Choral Club
Herbert Teat, new band and
choral director, has ordered new
music for the choral club. A happy
addition to the club was fourteen
boys and a promise of more as
soon as basketiball season is over.
Much interest and enthusiasm
is being manifested by the new
and enlarged choral group.
City Election
Judges Named
The city council has named el-
ection judges for the city election
which will be held in April. They
are W. IH. Hanna, judge with Pope
A. Guinn and Mrs. Gerald Chap-
man as clerks.
ASSISTS NATIONAL
PARALYSIS DRIVE
Tommy Singletary collected
$0.78 for the National Founda-
tion for Infantile Paralysis when
he made the square Tuesday.
Contributions were still com-
ing in Thursday to Robert L.
Banks, chairman.
The Texas Safety Association
reminds winter motorists that to
stay out of a skid on icv and wet
roads, keep your speed down and
allow plenty of space for stop-
ping.
Farm Bureau
Here March 21st
Prominent Men
From Out Of State
Are On Program
J. Walter Hammond, president
of the Texas Farm Bureau Fed-
eration, has announced that a dis-
trict meeting will foe held in the
courthouse at Rusk Saturday,
February 21. T. P. Walton of
Groveton, district director, will
preside. The State Farm Bureau
president will be in atendance
to report on agricultural trends
in Washington.
As a member of the board of
directors of the American Farm
Bureau Federation, representing
the (Southern Region, Hammond
spent the latter part of January
in the Nation's capitol attending
an American Farm Bureau board
meeting and contacting members
of the Texas Congressional dele-
gation in Washington on issues
vital to agriculture in Texas and
the Nation.
Guided iby resolutions adopted
by voting delegates at the 29th
annual convention, the Farm Bu-
reau board charted the organiza-
tion's action on such important
issues as a long-range farm pro-
gram, parity, support price levels,
a program to control the spread
of foot and mouth disease, and
other matters important to agri-
culture.
According to Director Walton,
other featured speakers at the
district meeting will include R. G.
Arnold, Auburn, Alabama, direct-
or of organization for the South-
ern Region, who will discuss
'Prices, Soil Conservation, and
Cooperatives;" also D. C. Miehrer,
Jackson, Mississippi, executive
vice-president of the Southern
Farm Bureau Life Insurance
Company, whose subject will be
"Farm Bureau, A Service Organ-
ization."
All farmers of the district are
invited to attend.
The program for the meeting
is as follows:
10:00 a. m.—^District director
presiding, Singing, Introduction,
etc.
10:30 a. m.—R. G. Arnold, Or-
ganization Director, Southern Re-
gion, Auburn, Alabama: "Prices,
Soil Conservatior and Coopera-
tives."
11:15 a. m.—'Dave Mieher,
Executive Vice-President, South-
ern Farm Bureau Life Insurance
Co., Jackson, Mississippi: "Farm
Bureau, A Service Organization."
1:30 p. m. . Walter Ham-
mond, President, Texas Farm
Bureau Federation, Tye, Texas:
"State and National Agricultural
Issues."
2:15 p. m.—Organization Dis-
cussions.
3:00 p. m.—Adjourn.
Jas. Monk's Calf
Places In Houston
Fat Stock Show
Total Receipts To
Be Near $700.00
For Tenth Place
James Royce Monk fed "Rusty
Jo," his Hereford calf, caught in
the 1947 calf scramble, to a prize-
winner. The animal gained a total
of 880 pounds during the twelve
months feeding period, from 150
pounds to a total of 1,030 pounds.
His calf placed tenth in the
Hereford division. The competi-
tion included more than 500 ani-
mals fed out by Future Farmers
and 4-H Club boys.
This was James' first feeding
and showing experiences. Curtis
McLeod, his Vocational Agricul-
ture teacher, remarked, 'James
is truly a young rancher. His
love and appreciation for Here-
ford cattle went a long way in
enabling him to be successful in
this scramble show where he com-
peted with iboys who had been in
this business for several years."
The receipts from this animal
will total near $700.00 when
auction money, prize money and a
check of $110.00 from his spon-
sor are received. With his profits,
James plans to buy Hereford
heifers as foundation stock for
his father's herd.
James values his experience
much more than he did the money
he received from his calf. His
example of finishing and show-
ing his animal should be an in-
centive to other Future Farmers
to do likewise.
James ibelieves the opportunity
to meet and talk with other feed-
ers and showmen more than com-
pensated for the week he was out
of school. He was a guest of Mr.
Marchette, manager of Wm. Penn
Hotel, who was his sponsor. He
also enjoyed a banquet at the
Rice IHotel honoring all sponsors
and scramble <boys and their
teachers.
James thinks he has been am-
ply repaid for all the work, ex-
pense, and trouble in this enter-
prise.
Future Farmers
Attend Stock Show
Rusk Future Farmers were at
Houston Saturday, along with
about 15,000 other boys. Rose
Francis FFA sweetheart, was a
guest of the chapter at the show.
Besides lots of fun, the boys re-
port that they had an opportuni-
ty to see in reality many of the
things they study in class work.
Future Farmers attending
were: Jimmy Persons, Jack Ball,
Curtis Manes'!, Bobby Thrash, Pat
Heavens, Lutther Christopher^
Billy Max Milstead, Joe Frank
Anderson, Kenneth Irwin, Billy
Lum Robinson, Hugh Hardy, R.
C. Hassell, Billy Norman, Jim
Bagley, Billy Fitts, Wayne Ray,
Wayne Minchew, Charles Norton,
Henry Westbrook, Edgar Banks,
Murrell Mays, Laverl Middleton,
Louie Denny, Spurgeon Waldrop,
Hayne Ray, Charles Magee and
Jack Hallonquist.
COMPLETES REQUIREMENTS
FOR DEGREE AT MIDYEAR
Robert S. Urban of Rusk is one
of 77 seniors at Texas Christian
University who completed the re-
quirements for their degrees at
midyear.
Degrees will ibe formally con-
ferred at the commencement ex-
ercises for the class of '48,
scheduled for Sunday night, June
6. Baccalaureate services will be
held that morning.
Council Overrides
Franchise Veto
The city council at its regular
monthly meeting Tuesday night,
voted to over-ride the mayor's
veto of the twenty-year electric
franchise granted the Southwest-
ern Electric Service Company at
the January meeting of the coun-
cil. Mayor Fitts recorded the only
negative vote.
According to the terms of the
franchise the Southwestern Elec-
tric Service Company will build
a second transmission line from
Jacksonville to Rusk in order to
improve service. The company
has also agreed to move the ice-
plant to provide increased toma-
to shed trackage in Rusk.
General Crude
To Try Again
Geiferal Crude has scheduled a
second attempt to confirm Wood-
bine production in the area west
of the William Wise pool in stak-
ing No. 2 Summers Estate, 1,200
feet southeast of the No. 1 dis-
covery. Site is 1,365 feet from
the west and 550 feet from the
south lines of the lease in the
John Hunt survey. First con-
firmation attempt, No. 1 Edwards,
northeast of the discovery, was a
failure.
South and east of this area and
in the Gibbs survey, Humble is
credited with leasing recently
2,000 acres, Humble had most
of this general area under lease
at one time.
Temporary Grace
On Water Bills
The city council voted Tuesday
night to extend the time limit this
month only to twenty days on
water bills before the penalty will
be charged.
The twenty-day grace period
applies this month only. After
that the penalty will be added
after ten days.
Church Loyalty
Committee To
Be Permanent
Grady Hallonquist
Elected Monday
To Head Group
At a meeting of the Church
Loyalty Committee, made up of
representatives from the various
churches artd other organizations,
it was decided to make the com-
mittee a permanent organization.
The Rev. A. Grady Hallonquist
was elected president; Milburn
Fitts was named vice-president,
and Frank L. Main secretary-
treasurer. No special meeting
dates were set, ibut will be subject
to call of the chairman.
It was decided to conduct a re-
ligious education census among
the students of the Rusk schools.
The census will reveal what stu-
dents are attending Sunday
School, which one, and which they
prefer if they are not attending.
Bill McCluney, who was present,
was assigned the job of getting
the reports filled out.
Pastors present for the meet-
ing, which was held at Smith's
cafe, reported that church attend-
ance during February had not
been up to par, but attributed
this to the weather. They were of
the opinion that it has been much
better than would have been the
case if no special effort had been
made to encourage chui'ch attend-
ance this month.
Plans fo rthe remainder of the
month were discussed an dwill be
announced later.
E-Tex Baptist Choir
Baptist Church Sun.
The choir from East Texas Bap-
tist College, directed toy Dexter
Riddle, head of the fine arts de-
partment of that college, will be
guests of the First Baptist Church
Sunday night, (February 13, at
7:30.
Mr. Riddle is well known in our
city, having led the music in a
youth revival here two years ago. j
All churches who do not have j
a pastor are cordially invited tn |
worship at the Baptist Church j
and enjoy the Gospel message in j
song.
The following numbers will be
on the program Sunday night:
Hymn No. 2, "O Worship the
King—Congregation.
Invocation—Pastor.
Scripture reading.
"The Lord's Prayer"—For-
syth.
"Seek Ye the Lord"—Roberts.
*1Hear Thou My Prayer"—
Hamblen.
"Blessed Is He That Readeth"
—Colburn.
"Man of Sorrows"—Bliss.
"What Did He Do?"—Owen.
"When I Survey"—Mason.
"Fairest Lord Jesus"—Anon.
'•Lift Thine tyres"— Mendels-
shon.
"Could I Have Held His Nail-
Pierced Hands"—O'Hara.
"Jesus Our Lord We Adore"—
James.
"Lift Up Your Heads"—Ash-
ford.
"Battle Hymn of the Repub-
lic"—
Benediction; "Prayer Perfect—
Girls' Quartet.
Service Clubs
Hear Tribute
To Boy Scouts
J. C. Underwood
Says Scouting
Big Opportunity
The greatest opportunity men
have to render worth-while serv-
ice to their communities and to
its future leaders, is to get be-
hind scouting work and give it
their full support. That is the
challenge given members of the
Kiwanis and Lions clubs of Rusk
by J. C. Underwood,, of Tyler,
Scout Executive for the East Tex-
as Area Tuesday, when he spoke
at a joint meeting of the two
clubs at Smith's cafe.
The speaker cited figures to
show how the average records
of future scouts stood far higher
in various walks of life than the
records of those who have never
been scouts. This was especially
evident in the military records
where rank and honors, includ-
ing those for service ibeyond the
call of duty, went to former scouts
by a big percentage.
The speaker declared that no
community firmly behind its
youth movements has any juve-
nile problem, and urged those
present to get behind the work
and help put it over.
Following the address, Scout-
master Curtis McLeod was pre-
sented with a surprise gift of *.
scoutmaster's uniform by Ed Gar-
ner, who was acting for the Lions
club, donors of the gift. A similar
uniform is being ordered for As-
sistant Scoutmaster Robert Shat-
tuck, Lion officials said following
the meeting.
As a first number on the pro-
gram, a group of local scouts gave
a scout ceremony.
The speaker was introduced hy
Ed Garner, President of the To-
mato Bowl district. Present wnre
Ben Woodall, Kiwanis Lieutenant
Governor, several Kiwaniar.s from
Palestine and visitors from other
points.
Class Basketball
Games In Progress
A series of basketball games
between class teams is being
sponsored by the student council
of Rusk high school. A schedule
has been worked out to pick tile
top boy and girl teams of the
school, and trophies will be
awarded at the end of the series.
The trophies will remain with the
school and will be kept by the win-
ning teams only so long as they
are able to defend their records.
Names of winning teams will be
engraved on the trophies.
The schedule got under way re-
cently and the third round of
games was scheduled for Thurs-
day night, providing the weather
permitted. The Thursday night
schedule is being followed thru
the series. When it is finished,
all-school teams will be picked
from the entire lists of players,
none of whom play on the regular
basketiball teams. A faculty com-
mittees will pick both the iboy and
girl all-school teams. Commit*
tee members are Miss Betty Ben-
ton, Clifford Dotson and Hack
Miller.
Players on the all-school team
will be rated on general playing
ability, sportsmanship, general
attitude toward officials, and co-
operation with team-mates. To
place, a player must be mak-
ing passing grades in all subjects.
The student council is hoping
to be able to present sterling sil-
ver basketballs to all members
of the two all-school teams, as
well as to the outstanding player
of each team.
The student council has issued
the following invitation:
"We, the student council, invite
you, the public, to come down each
Thursday night at 6:30 and see
our basketball talent from all
four classes. All members of the
teams are amateurs, none play on
the regular high school team.
Come out and see the latest. We
guarantee you a good time.
"Watch this paper for furtheT
information about standings and
high-point players."
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