The Rusk Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 1955 Page: 1 of 16
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VOLUME 108
THE RUSK CHEROKEEAN OCTOBER 27, 1955
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RUSK
NUMBER 18
15,000 People
Receive County
Tax Statements
Approximately 15,000 people
have received tax notices from
Cherokee County's tax assesjor-
collector, Watters Singletary. All
notices were mailed by October
26th.
Singletary pointed out that tax-
payers have until November 2nd
to pay their taxes, and take ad-
vantage of a 3% discount. "Any
payment postmarked November1
2nd or prior, will receive a 3%
discount," said the Tax Assessor.
He added, "it would be greatly
appreciated if many of you would
take your 3% discount, and mail
us a check, because we will be
very busy the next few days in
the office. It would prevent you
from having to wait in line to
make your payment. Just so it is
postmarked on or before Novem-
ber 2nd, is the important thing.
We will check the payments by
mail as soon as we can, and this
we hope will be easier on many of
the taxpayers."
Tax payments made prior to
December 1 will receive a 2'\ dis-
count, and those prior to January
1, a 1 % discount.
Notices were sent out on a total
valuation of $24,866,074.59.
Super Highway
Advised For City
Of Jacksonville
The State Highway Commission
of Austin proposed a plan of mo-
dern development of highway fa-
cilities at Jacksonville to officials
of Jacksonville and Cherokee
County, Tuesday.
The commission said the high-
way department will proceed with
the construction of a curb and
gutter street section on U. S. 69
through the city over South Jack-
son street and projected a new
routing north from the Missouri
Pacific railway to provide a con-
nection with U. S. 175 and U. S.
69 in the northern part of Jack-
sonville.
This construction, explained the
Commission, contemplates a facili-
ty adequate for four lanes of traf-
fic and two parking lanes, general-
ly with a width of 64 feet between
curbs and an 80-foot right of way
over the 2.3 mile long section.
The improvement would also
contemplate an overpass over the
Missouri Pacific railway, about 800
feet long, providing for four lanes
of traffic and two sidewalks, the
commission said.
The Commission recommended
the establishment of a completely
circular belt route, generally out-
side the city limits, to provide for
suburban development. The outer
belt should be designed for four
lanes, the commission said, al-
though initial construction should
probably contemplate only two
lanes. A 220 foot right of way
would be required.
KTLU Goes On The Air Thursday
Big Hatchery Selects Rusk; Will Open Soon
State Hospital Plans Big Carnival
Saturday, October 29th, will be
a gala day for the 2400 patients
at Rusk State Hospital. The Vol-
unteer Council, in co-operation
with the Recreation Department,
is planning a Parade and Carnival
for the entire Hospital.
Five high school bands, includ-
ing Alto, Arp, Rusk, George Brad-
ford in Rusk, and Fred Douglass
;n Jacksonville, have promised to
march in the parade, and at least
twelve floats are being prepared
by various wards and departments
within the Hospital. Cash prizes
have been donated to be awarded
the three best floats prepared by
the patients.
Each Ward has chosen a candi-
date for either King or Queen of
the Halloween Carnival. On Tues- They will also ride in the parade,
day night, five disinterested per- but their floats will not bo enter-
sons will select the King and ed in the competition.
Queen of the Colored Patients and After the parade, various games
the White Patients. The lucky win- and fun booths will bo enjoyed in
ners will be crowned on Tuesday the Recreation Hall. Refreshments
night, and will reign over the of hot dogs, cold drinks, apples,
Carnival Saturday — the Colored peanuts, a 11 d cotton floss candy
Royalty in the morning, and the will be served. G a m 0 s and re-
White Royalty in the afternoon. (Continued on Pago A)
Pvt. Joe Hugghins Selected As
Colonel's Orderly At Ford Ord, Calif.
Private Joe L. Hugghins, grad-
uate of Rusk High School, is con-
gratulated by Colonel Franklin R.
Sibert, Commanding Officer, 20th
Infantry Regiment, Fort Ord, Cal-
ifornia, after being selected as
Colonel's Orderly. Private Hug-
ghins is now taking his basic
training with Company L. Fort
Ord is the only training center on
the west coast. Private HugghiinS
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Hugghins, Route 1, Rusk.
Pvt. Hugghin's letter of congrat-
ulations from Col. Sibert reads:
"You have been selected as Col-
onel's orderly for your outstand-
ing appearance, knowledge of gen-
eral orders, and chain of com-
mand.
"I wish to offer my personal
congratulations for a job well done
which is a reflection upon your
unit, yourself, and the proud tra-
ditions of a fine organization—
"Sykes* Regulars"."
Alto Negro Charged With Murder
Of His Brother In Father's Home
A murder charge has been fil-
ed against Ed Frank Mathews, Al-
to negro. He had been previously
charged with assault with intent
to murder his brother. Frazie, but
the charge was changed when the
brother died in a Houston Hospi-
tal Saturday night.
Sheriff Allen Dotson filed the
murder charge Sunday.
The shooting occurred in the
home of Giles Mathews, the fath-
er, after the two brothers had
made a trip to Trinity County and
became involved in a heated argu-
ment.
Three persons, Henry, a third
brother, Mary Jo Davis and her
son, witnessed the tragedy. They
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Big Things Aie
Predicted For
East Texas Area
Final Rites For
James L. Hinson
Read Thursday
Funeral services were held Oc-
tober 20th, 3 p.m. at Oakland
Church for James L. Ilinson. Rev.
J. M. Schwitter officiated. Burial
followed in Oakland Cemetery.
Hinson was born August 12,
1888 at Seal, Robinson County,
Texas. He died October 18th, at
the age of 68, in a Veterans Hos-
pital at Houston.
He was a member of the Bap
tist Church in Robinson County.
Survivors include two brothers,
T. J. Long of Teague, Ira Hinson
of Rusk, and a host of nieces and
nephews.
Wallace Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Bob Gregg Is
Hostess To Bridge
Club Wednesday
Mrs. Bob Gregg of Jacksonville
was hostess to the Rusk Bridge
Club at Quinton's Wednesday aft-
ernoon.
Mrs. Robert von Doenhoff won
high, also slam prize. Mrs. Ralph
Johnston won 2nd prize.
Mrs. Gerald Chapman and Mrs.
Cecil Parrish were guests.
Refreshments of pic and coffee
were served.
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Eagles Invade Livingston Friday
Rusk's explosive Eagles play big, tough Livingston team. Livingston lost its first game of
their most important game of the Livingston has the largest team the season last Friday to district
season Friday night when they in- the Birds have faced this year, favorite. Jasper, 7-0. This was a
vade the Lions Den at Livingston. "Those big boys can move excep- close ball game, and Jasper was
Coach Mack Philbrick's boys, fresh tionally fast, too," commented
from their rousing 50-6 victory Coach Philbrick.
over San Augustine, can establish Both teams run from the "T"
themselves as championship con- formation with Livingston holding
tenders if they can get past this 1 a slight weight advantage.
able to score as a result of a Liv-
ingston fumble. The Lions, accord-
ing to reports, had a better team
than Jasper.
Eagle boosters arc chartering a
Death Claims Kay Lee
Death claimed a valiant little
fighter early Tuesday morning in
a Dallas Hospital. Carolyn Kay
Lee, five year old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W'ilbur Lee, succumbed
to leukemia following a 15 month
battle with the incurable disease.
The Kay Lee fund, originated in
Jacksonville, was contributed to
by ptisons all over this county
and East Texas. Her desperate
fight brought many new friends
always with the faint hope that | ated assisted by Rev. Lonnie Webb
a miracle might be performed, of Rusk. Interment was in Rest-
and the child's life spared.
She is survived by her parents,
Otha and Wilbur Lee; one broth-
er, David Michael; grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Schochler of
Rusk, J. E. Lee of Rusk, and Mrs.
Dessie Lee of Jacksonville.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon, 2:30 p.m.,
October 26, at the Central Baptist
haven Park.
Pallbearers were W. E. Bailey
and Billy V. Turner of Jackson-
ville, Elma Musick, Jr. of Rusk
and Earnest Bruner of Baytown.
Honorary pallbearers were em-
ployees of the Safeway Store in
Jacksonville where Lee is em-
ployed.
Gragard-Spraggins-Swofford
who remembered the little girl
with gifts and prayers. She receiv-j Church in Jacksonville. The pas-lneral Home of Jacksonville
cd the very best of medical care, | tor. Rev. Frank B. Burress, offíci-1 in charge of arrangements.
! The hopos of many East Toxans
soared Friday, when W. ('. Jack
son, president of the First South
west Company, a financial house
of Dallas, delivered a very encour-
aging talk to the Jacksonville Ro
tary Club.
The speaker noted from surveys
i ¡liado by his company, that a dam
I and reservoir at Blackburn Cross
ing is not only very feasible at a
minimum cost, but is urgently
needed. lie said, "from our invest-
igations over the state, we know
there are relatively tew places
left in Texas where u reservoir
can be developed economically, In
fact, there is only one other river
in Texas more favorable for de-
velopment than the Upper Noches
and that is the Sabine River. Some
of you will probably be interested
in the Sabine River Authority's
plans. They have entered into a
contract with the City of Dallas
to supply water to the city of Dal-
las from a project known as the
Iron Bridge Project. Dallas will
pay the entire cost of the Iron
Bridge Project and will receive 80
percent of the water stored. This
gives you an idea as to how des
perate cities are for water and is
further evidence that within a few
short years all of the potential
dam sites will be utilized . . •"
Jackson emphasized the import-
ance of whole hearted cooperation
between the major cities included
in the Water Authority.
Rusk Members of the U p p e r
Neches Municipal Water Authori
ty Board present at this meeting
were E. R. Gregg and L e w i s It.
McCarroll. Other members of the
Board present included Frank
Ebaugh, Gus Blankinship, and T.
E. Acker of Jacksonville. Eugene
Fish, board member, and R. L.
Kinderdine, former board mem
ber, represented Palestine.
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Rusk Delegation
Attends District
FFA Meeting
Officers of the FFA Chapters
in District I met Monday night,
October 24th at Nacogdoches for
their annual officers training
school.
Meeting at the Nacogdoches
High School, the boys received in-
structions from Collegiate Chap-
ter FFA members of Stephen F.
Continental Bus to this important
game. There are still a very few
tickets left for this bus, so any
person wishing to attend the game
and needing transportation should
get in touch with Quinton Nichol-
son at Quinton's Cafe immediate-
ly.
Hundreds of fans will attend
this game which gels underway
at 7:30 p.m. in Livingston.
Birds are in good mental, and
physical shape. The boys realize
this is their most important game,
and have been working hard to
prepare for the first district con-
test.
Big Wayne Wilcox, tackle, be- Austin State College,
gan workouts this week, and will' Following the Training School,
likely see action Friday night, a District meeting of all F F A
Wayne chipped his ankle in a pre
season scrimmage.
Coaches Philbrick and Grimes
have been working the boys hard
on defense. Also been brushing up
on the attack both on the ground
Fu- and in the air. Doug Jordan is
was looking much better on his pass
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members was held.
Sixteen boys, accompanied by
Advisor Adon Duncan, from the
Rusk FFA Chapter, attended this
meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gillespie of
Henderson visited Rusk friends
Tuesday night.
M. H. Norton, president of the
Rusk Chamber of Commerce, has
been notified by John Randolph,
secretary-treasurer of the Corn
Belt Hatcheries, Joliet, Illinois,
that they have completed plans to
open a 300,000 egg capacity hatch-
ery in Rusk, November 1st. "This
plant will have twice the capaci-
ty of the Colonial Plant formerly
here, and will provide quick do-
livery of good broiler chicks to
Cherokee County," stated Norton.
"Negotiations with this company
were extremely pleasant and cul-
mination of the plans, marks a lug
step forward for Rusk." Norton
continued.
"The Rusk Chamber of Com
morco welcomes this fine company
and pledges itself to assist them
in every way possible, n o w and
after they are in complete opera-
tion," concluded the Chamber
president.
Diok Johnson, presently manag-
er of the Corn Belt llatehen at
Hope. Ark , will move to Rusk on
November 1st to assume manage
merit ol the Hatchery, which is ox
peeled to be in production by Do
comber 15th. It will employ live
people.
Corn Belt Hatcheries operates
is branches In Illinois and one at
Hope, Arkansas General Offices
are located at Joliet, Illinois Fro
-'d;t Roth (treenail is president of
Corn Belt Hatcheries The Corn
Belt Hatchery at Rusk will special-
ize in producing broiler chicks
for the customers previously serv-
ed from the Hope Hatchery. At.
the present time, Corn Belt hatch
es first generation Arbor Acre
White Rocks, Indian River Cross
and White Vantress Cross,
All breeding stock is obtained
each year direct from the special
ized brooders of broiler chicks,
This breeding stock is placed ill
the hands of flockowners in South
West Arkansas and In Illinois,
who grow and care for the breed-
ers under the direct supervision
of Corn Belt personnel.
In announcing the establish
ment of a new branch hatchery at
Rusk, Mrs. Greenan stated t h a t
the move would permit her organ-
ization to work more closely with
customers of the East Texas area.
"We found that we were deliv-
ering broiler chicks up to three
hundred miles from our Hope.
Hatchery" she s a i d. "Wo really
feel we can do a much better job
of delivering top quality broiler
chicks if wo can hold delivery dis-
tances down to within sixty miles
of the hatchery. We've studied
this move for nearly a year, bo-
cause we were sure we could low
er our operating costs and offer
better quality chicks at lower-
prices."
"We selected Rusk becausc it
was well located for our purposes
and because Rusk looked to us
like the kind of a town we would
like to become a part of", she add-
ed,
o
Carroll Swann of Houston visit
cd in Rusk for a short time Sun
day afternoon. He reported his fa
ther in a very serious condition,
following a recent heart attack'.
Charles Decker of Tyler was A
Rusk visitor Tuesday.
KTLU, Cherokee County's new
and powerful radio station went
on the air for test programming
Thursday noon. Regular schedule
begins at 6:45 Friday morning.
Only news and music were of-
fered Thursday, with the big kick-
off scheduled for noon Friday
when leaders from Cherokee Coun-
ty will welcome the new radio sta-
tion to the air.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Whitehead
are owners of the station. Mem-
bers of the staff are: Bob Stabler,
manager; Art Holt, assistant man-
ager and program director; George
Gunter, announcer; Melba Camp-
bell a n d Leila McCarroll, office
work. Mrs. Campbell will be mis-
tress of ceremonies for an hour-
long program, "Coffee Time",
which will bo heard from 9 to 10
a.m. Monday through Friday. O.
M. Walker a n d J. Porrin Willis-
will work with KTLU as a public
service. Walker will handle t h e
sports, and Willis the farm news,
"Wo plan to work in close har-
mony with our County Agent. C.
Met/. Hoald, County Homo Demon-
stration Agent, Irene Price Odom
and others to give our listeners
complete farm coverage," com-
mented Whitehead.
All of KTl.l 's staff are experi-
enced in radio work. Stabler was
formerly sales manager of station
WISP, Kinston, North Carolina.
Holt, a graduate of Texas llniver
sily, has been on the s t a f f of
KIM Dallas, and KGBD. Beau-
mont (¡linter, a native of Jackson
villo, has worked with the radio
stations 111 Austin and Tyler,
"We are going to do our utmost
to bring quality programming to
our radio audience in the 7 county
area served by KTLU," said White-
head.
Ten And Fifteen
Year Members Of
Lions Honored
Southwest Conference Football
Highlights for 1954 were shown at
the Lions Club meeting Thursday,
Smith's Cafe, courtesy of W. E.
Butler Humble Station, Coach Pole
Grimes operated the movie pro-
jector.
Lion President Lloyd Pipes pre-
sented certificates for ten and fif-
teen year members to the follow-
ing Lions C 1 u b members: Klma
Musick. Jr., John Lester, Leo Tosh,
Corry Wallace, Walter Richey, J.
E, Ix e, Robert Banks. Roy Isgate,
O. D. Blankinship, Verner Ixrng,
Morris Elliott, and M H. Norton.
Lion Obie Walker introduced
Jack Vance as a guest from Luf-
kln.
W. S. C. S.Of First
Methodist Church
Has Prayer Program
The Week of Prayer and Self
Denial was observed by the Wom-
an's Society of Christian Service
at First Methodist Church, Wed-
nesday, October 26th from 10 a.m.
through the noon hour.
Mrs. Watters Singletary, spiri-
tual life chairman, was in charge
of the program. Fourteen ladies
were present, and participated in
the program.
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Mr. and Mrs, Henry Guenzel and
children were Tyler visitors Tues-
day.
45 Scout Fund Workers Attend Big
Kick-Off Breakfast Tuesday, Hotel
An optimistic note was sounded j tributlons still may be made by
Tuesday night following the Boy calling the campaign chairman.
Scouts' annual one-day drive for1 Scouts all over the state con-
funds. The note was sounded by ducted the one-day whirlwind
Robert A. von Doenhoff who was campaigns to maintain the present
high in his praise for the generous enrollment of 165,000 youngsters
contributors and the many excel- in the movement and to take care
lent volunteer workers particlpat- of an expanded program next
ing in the fund-raising campaign, year. Besides the enrollment, lead-
"Indicatlons late last night were ership training and program ma-
that we reached sixty per cent of ferial, the campaign was for sup-
contributors needed. With late re- port of the 38 Scout summer
(urns and contributions from per- camps scattered all over Texas
sons not contacted yesterday, we where some 30,000 young Tcxans
expect <0 go over the top," von enjoyed high adventure last sum-
Doenhoff said. He added that con- (Continued on Pago 4)
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Whitehead, E. H. The Rusk Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 1955, newspaper, October 27, 1955; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth150101/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.