The Rusk Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 1958 Page: 1 of 16
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RUSK IS A BUSY CITY these
days . . . most of the (torts hero
aro all decked out for Christmas,
and aro loadod with boautiful
merchandise . . .
A BIG THANKS is duo Houston
Whito, Bon Hostor, Glonn Miliar,
Paul Coptland and M. H. Norton,
members of tho Chamber of Com-
merce Christmas Activities com-
mittee for a job woll dono ... A
couplo of thousand folks w o r o
hero to sao a fino parada ... a
total of 34 ontries wore in tho pa-
rade . . .
CITY COUNCIL mot Tuesday
night . . . everyone who has boon
delinquent on their water bills
for 60 to 90 days had better pay
up . . . they'll get their water cut
off Thursday If they don't . . .
A NEW OFFICE LADY ha
boon employed at tho city hall...
she is Mrs. Francos McGoy Hen-
ley .. . she replaces Mrs. Dick
Dickerson, who resigned . . .
CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN
ORDER to E. B. Musick, Sr., V. J.
Long, Dr. ChaHes W. Castner,
Charles Hinton, Gerald Chapman,
J. C. Williams, Sr., Ido R. Hall
and Stanley Chapman . . . those
gentlemen have been elected to a
three year term on the Board of
Directors of the Rusk Chamber of
Commerce . . .
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
has enjoyed a very successful
year under the leadership of pres-
ident Morris W. Hassell . . . With
the addition to the board, we can
expect another year of accomplish-
ments . . .
RETIRING MEMBERS of the
Board deserve a pat on the back
for the many hours of their time
and talents, too . . .
THE TEXAS BOARD of Water
Engineers has granted the Ange-
lina-Nacogdoches County Water
Control Development Association
a two year extension to start ac-
tual construction on the big Lake
Ponta project near Rusk . . . This,
my friends, is good news . . .
TIME HEALS MANY a wound,
but it also sometimes takes the
edge off tho memory faculties.
Acting City Secretary Harmon Ste-
vens can attest to that.
A councilman Tuesday night
asked tho city's policy on the sale
and use of fireworks.
One answered that the city had
set up a recent ruling on sale and
use. Another said no action had
been taken. A third asked the
city's record keeper — Stevens —
what rule is in effect.
Stevens said the city was under
a pro-1958 ordinance, but he was-
n't sure of its provisions or when,
it was adopted.
After consulting his record
books he read the text of the ord-
inanco in full which prohibited
the use of fireworks within the
"fire limits" — an ordinance'
drafted by Harmon Stevens, city
secretary, December 13, 1927.
That is still the city's fireworks
policy.
McSwain Reviews
Organized Labor
Climb For Rotary
William McSwain, personnel di-
rector of the Rusk State Hospital,
Wednesday reviewed for Rotarians
the growth and development of
American labor unions.
Speaking at the Rotary regular
luncheon, McSwain, formerly a
Tennessee congressman and a man
experienced in labor-management
relations, also gave a resume of
all major labor legislation since
the Sherman Anti-trust act, with
special ejnphasis on the Taft-Hart-
ley laws.
McSwain presented the review
from an objective viewpoint, tak
ing a neutral view of the develop-
ments. Club members described
the talk as "very informative and
timely".
Guests at Wednesday's meeting
were Ike Daniel, Rusk, manager
oí Gulf Coast Federated Feed;
TVtl Evans. Junior Rotarían of the
month; and Eddie Bailey and l.ela
Ann Keels, Rusk High School pu
who participated in the Ro
tars entries In the Rusk Christ
mat parade
BLANKET CIRCULATION
An Estimated 13,000 People Will
Read This Publication, Based
On Circulation Figures.
The Rusk Cherokeean
TtlXAS' OLDEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, ESTABLISHED AS THE PIONEER JULY 5. 18i7
SERVING THE GREATER RUSK TRADE AREA
VOLUME 111
RUSK, TEXA5
16 PAGES
DECEMBER 11, 1958
NUMBER 25
10
Shopping Days
Till Christmas
The Lions and Lioness Club float, "On the Rooftop" was tho winning entry in last Thursday's
Christmas parade.
m
City Votes To Lay Stoim Sewei
For North Main St Improvement
New Chamber Directors Elected
Extension Agents Submit Expanded
Plan Of Work For 1959 To County
An expanded program of work,
emphasizing soil testing and live-
stock and pasture demonstrations,
is envisioned by extension service
officials in the county, revealed
Monday in an oral report deliver-
ed to the County Commissioners
Court.
County Agent Steve Lilly and
Home Demonstration Agent Mrs.
Irene Odom submitted the plan o$
work to the county officers Mon-
day, explaining that it is an expan-
sion of previous programs and
was conceived by 14 subcommit-
tees made up of rural and urban
people.
Following the report, County
Agent Lilly said the soil tests pro-
grammed for the county will be
a priority item in the 1959 plan.
He said some 2,000 tests are plan-
ned.
Livestock and pasture demon-
strations will be emphasized also.
he said.
Mrs. Odom told commissioners
Home Demonstration work will in-
clude an emphasis on records
keeping, as well as basic family
economics. She also spoke of plans
for short courses in these fields,
with professional people conduct-
ing them.
Justifying the added emphasis
on the poultry and livestock pro-
gram for the coming year, Lilly
submitted figures on these indus-
tries. The county's 609 broiler un-
its are producing something over
six million broilers, he said.
He also revealed that the coun-
ty produces 100,000 turkeys, anc'
it has 300,000 commercial laying
hens and 100,000 birds producing
hatching eggs.
There are 84 grade-A dairies in
the county with an average of 35
head per dairy, and 40 registered
herds of beef cattle.
Cherokee County Cotton Growers
To Vote On Marketing Quotas Mon.
"Santa's Dilemma", the Rotary Club entry, was also a winner in the annual parade. It was judged
third, behind the Cub Scouts' float, "Following the Trail of Akela."
Hundreds View Opening of
Christmas Season Thursday
Rusk Cage Teams Conquerers In
Past Week's Baskeball Slate
Tax Collections
Thru Oct. Total
$365,000 - Cone
Jimmie Cone, Cherokee County
Tax Assessor-Collector, Wednesday
stated that tax office collections
through October totaled $365,000.
None of the November collec-
tions is included in the total, he
said.
Collection will continue through
July 1, 1959, after which date tax-
es will become delinquent. How-
ever, penalties begin on February
1.
Cone Wednesday also announc-
ed a new tax office policy. The
office will be open a full eight
hours a day, he said, including the
12-1 hour. Heretofore the office
had been closed at the noon hour.
RSH In-Service
Program Plans
Near Completion
State Hospital officials are in
the final planning stages of the
Hospital's proposed in-service
training program.
Officials this week were work-
ing on details afte - last wwV's
sessions with the director of the
St " Hospitals' nursing service
The in service plan will offer
training in ha sic nursing tech-
niques instruction will bo given
(Continued on Page 8*
Rusk cagemen in the past week;
have evened up their columns by
posting two basketball wins over
Maydelle. The local boys dropped
the season's two opening games
to Frankston.
The Eagles last Friday took a
relatively easy victory from May-
delle 46-36 in a game played in
the Maydelle gym. On Monday,
with Rusk as host, they eked out
a second win in a nip and tuck
contest that seldom saw either
team more than three points in
front.
Rusk won the second encounter
38-35. The teams were deadlocked
17-17 at the half, and Rusk led
only one point 30-29, at the end
of the third period.
The local quintet is still experi-
encing rapid improvement after
starting the season without the
service of a single varsity-experi-
enced member.
Meanwhile, Rusk girls continu-
ed their winning ways in cage ac-
tivities. They downed Maydelle
girls last Friday and came back
Monday night to take a 54-35 vic-
tory from Cushing girls.
Tuesday night's games with
New Summerfield were postponed
until January 9. The week's re-
maining hardwood activity will
see the boys playing at Henderson
on Thursday and the girls in the
Grapeland tournament Friday and
Saturday.
o
Mrs. James I. Perkins and Mrs
H. C. Edwards visited Mrs Ton
Summers at Nacogdoches Sunday,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert von Uoen
1 hoff and Chris were Houston vtsi
'tors Tuesday
Some 34 entries in Rusk's tradi-
tional Christmas Parade last
Thursday drew out the colorful
Yule procession into one of the
city's longest. And it had the dis-
tinction of rolling past sidewalks
and streets jammed with one of
the biggest crowds of recent years.
Thousands were in town all day
Thursday for the day-long activi-
ties which marked the opening of
the Christmas season here. The
parade was actually the climax of
the day which opened with the
Bargain Day observance.
The Lions and Lioness Clubs'
float, "On The Rooftop" took first
place in the float judging. Second
place went to the Cub Scout float,
"Following the Trail of Akela".
The Rotary Club float, "Santa's
Dilemma", was third. Honorable
mention was given the Thalian
Club float, "Santa's Circus."
Other entries included the Na-
tional Guard Color Guard, Junior
Sheriffs Posse, J. C. Williams
Rambler, Rotary Float, Gallatin
Duchess, Ford, Oldsmobile, Brad-
ford Band, O. L. Holcomb, Buick,
Beta Sigma Phi, Kiwanis Club,
Gulf Coast Federated Feed, Ponti-
ac, Scott Company Duchesses, Al-
to High School Band, Girl Scouts
float, Chevrolet, Colored element-
ary band, Seventh Day Adventist
float, 4-H Club, South Texas Pro-
ducers. Clayton Feed, Boy Scouts,
Rusk High School Miss Merry
Christmas, Rusk High Band. Sher-
iffs Posse, fire truck and Santa
Claus.
The winning floats were award
ed cash prizes of $50, $25 and $15.
Mrs M M. Guinn, Mrs H. C.
Edwards and Mrs. James i. Per-
kins were Dallas visitors Monday.
Max Schochler and Chris Cael-
oppo of Chicago, Illinois, spent
the week end with Mr and Mrs
Harmon Schochler.
DFCORATJON
CONTEST OFFERS
$60 CASH PRIZES
i!
The Rusk Garden Club is stilt
receiving entries for the annual
home decoration contest in Rusk.
The Club, in cooperation with
the Rusk Chamber of Commerce,
will again award cash prizes for
the three homes judged the best
decorated by the out-of-town offic
¡ais.
And prizes this year will be
somewhat more rewarding. An ex-
tra $10 will be added to the usual
$50 in prizes. The first place home
will receive a $30 prize, second
place $17.50, and third $12.50.
Garden Club officers expressed!
hope that this year's decorations
will rival those of last year when
judges termed them generally the
most colorful and artistic of any
they had observed.
Judging will be just before
Christmas, but entries should be
made early in order to schedule
them on the judges' route.
Homes may be entered with ei-
ther Club president Mrs. Carl
Wipprecht or Home Decoration
Chairman, Mrs. W. H. Hanna.
o
Ponta Project
Gets Two-Year
Time Extension
The State Board of Water Engi-
neers has granted the Angelina
and Nacogdoches Counties Water
Control and Improvement District
No. 1 an extension of time in
which to begin construction of the
proposed Lake Ponta project on
the Angelina River.
The initial permit expires oi\
February 7, 1959, two years after
it was granted. The new extension,
will extend until February 7, 1961,
the time in which actual construc-
tion must begin.
The proposed lake would be on-
ly a few miles from Rusk.
The Water District has already
completed one project, Stryker
Lake, located in Rusk and Chero-
kee Counties, now developing as a
recreational area as well as fur-
nishing industrial water to the
Texas Power and Light Company
and Southland Paper Mills.
I^ke Ponta, w h e n completed,
will cover approximately 36,000
| acres.
Miss Weltha Ann Fitts and No
el Kirk wood, students at IMC,
| Jacksonville, were week end
! guests of Weltha Ann's tfrandmo
11 her, Mrs. C. H. Fitts.
Cherokee County's cotton farm-
ers will go to the polls Monday to
join in the nation wide cotton
marketing quota referendum. Poll-
ing places have been announced
and rules governing eligibility to
vote have been posted, according
to the county ASC office.
All persons engaged in the pro
duction of upland cotton — land-
lord, tenant or sharecropper—are
eligible to vote in the referen-
dum. Any question about eligibil-
ity should be referred to the ASC
office, an announcement this week
stated.
The nation's farmers will be de-
ciding whether to accept market-
ing quotas or to practically dis-
pense with government controls.
If two-thirds of the farmers ap-
proved the marketing quotas, then
farmers will have until March 16,
1959, to register their choice be-
tween two plans — Choice A and
Choice B—for their 1959 crops.
(Choice A requires me farmer
to stay within his regular allot-
ment at 80 per cent of parity;
Choice B allows him to market 40
per cent more acreage at a 15 per
cent reduction in parity.)
If the marketing quotas carry,
farmers must register their choice
by March 16. If no choice is made,
then, according to the County ASO
office, officials will place them
under the Choice A plan.
If marketing quotas are turned
down in Monday's voting, farm-
ers who stay within their assigned
allotments will be eligible for 50
per cent of parity. Those who ex-
ceed allotments will receive no
government price support.
Growers this week received no-
tice of their new 1959 assigned
cotton quotas. The county total
shows a reduction of slightly more
than a thousand acres from last
year's allotments. The county's 1,-
921 growers were alloted 15,027
acres of cotton.
Community polling places for
the December 15 poll were an-
nounced as follows:
Jacksonville, Walters Feed
Store; New Summerfield, Martin's
Store; Mt. Selman, Kirby's Store;
Ponta, P&W General Store; Troup,
City Hall; Rusk, ASC office; Alto,
City Hall; Wells, courthouse.
Community referendum commit-
tees, to be announced soon, will
be responsible for conducting the
poll. All committee members will
be farmers eligible to vote in the
referendum, many of them elect-
ed community committeemen.
1>
Mr am! Mrs \V. H Shook and
Harold of Dalias were visitors in
Rusk Tuesday and spent the day
with Mr Shook'* sister Mrs C H
Fitts
Chamber of Commerce balloting
last week resulted in the election
of eight members of the Board of;
Directors, three of them current
members who were returned to-
their posts.
A canvassing committee report-
ed to the Chamber directors Tues-
day the election of the following
persons to the board: E. B. Mu-
sick, Sr., V. J. Long, Dr. Charles
W. Castner, Charles Hinton, Ger-
ald Chapman, J. C. Williams, Sr.,
Ide R. Hall and Stanley Chapman.
Musick, Williams and Hall were
re-elected.
The new directors were elected
from a slate of 16 prepared by the
Chamber's nominating committee.
Three of the current directors up
for election — Metz Heald, Ralph,
Travis and Bill Vining — asked
that they not be nominated for re-
election.
The new members will be in-
stalled in 1959 and will join the
Chamber's other 16 directors.
In Tuesday's meeting President
of the Chamber of Commerce .Mor- j
ris Hassell stated that a called
meeting of the Board will be held j
Friday to elect new Chamber of-
ficers.
Other Chamber matters consid-j
ered by directors in Tuesday's
meeting included a report that the
Chamber Banquet Committee will
commence meetings immediately.
From the Industrial Division
came the report that negotiations
with an industry to locate in Rusk,
had been closed. The Division for
several months had sought to have
the poultry processing plant estab-
lish facilities here.
The city in January will begin
a tougher policy regarding water
users who don't pay their bills.
According to the action taken by
the council Tuesday night, water
service will be cut off if bills are
not paid by the 20th of the month.
The new policy, adopted unani-
mously, followed a move earlier
in the session to clear up a list o£
delinquent bills submitted to
councilmen some two months ago.
Water users remaining on the
list, who had made no effort to
pay back bills, were to be given
24 hours' notice, and then their
service was to be disconnected if
they had made no move to correct
the delinquency.
In a later move in Tuesday's
meeting, councilmen voted to in-
stall storm sewer on North Main
Street as part of a project with
the State Highway Department to
widen the street's pavement and
construct curb and gutter
An earlier survey indicated al-
most 100 per cent cooperation on
the curb and gutter portion of the
project by the property owners
along the highway. The project
would take in the distance from
the square to the Y at Highway
69.
Councilmen Tuesday night also
passed on a move to advertise for
bids for a new police car for the
city. No date was set.
The December meeting was re-
cessed, subject to call later this
month to act on an annexation ord-
inance that would take in prop-
erty along Highway 69 South. Ac-
tion was awaiting signatures of
property owners in the area con-
cerned.
1958 Christmas
Bazaar Termed
Very Successful
The doors closed Saturday eve-
ning on t h e 1958 Christmas Ba-
zaar sponsored by the Beta Sigma
Phi chapters of this city, and was
termed by its co-chairmen, "very
successful."
Mrs. Marie Mehner and Mrs.
Mary Ruth Butler, chairmen of the
Xi Epsilon Kappa and Omicron
Gamma chapters report this year's
event a financial success.
"Our scholarship award for 195Í)
is assured and we are deeply grate-
ful for the support of everyone)
who made this possible," they said.
The two day Bazaar was held
in the Rusk Hotel Friday and Sat-
urday, December 5th and 6th.
Climaxing the two day event
was the presentation of the Ma-
dame Alexander 21 inch doll with
clothes and wardrobe to Herschel
Kyle of this city. Mrs. R. J. Ford
and Mrs. Mattie Potts received
the rectangular and round table
clotha.
In conclusion the co-chairmen
added, "We appreciate the work
and cooperation of the chapter
members, and the many other
courtesies extended by local mer*
chants in assisting with the proj-
ect. Only through the unified ef-
forts of all could it have been
done."
Allspice is used in medicinal
preparations as well as in cook-
ing.
Youth Rally Nite
Planned Friday,
Baptist Church
Youth Rally night, an associa-
tion-wide affair, will be held at
First Baptist Church in Rusk this
Friday at 7 p.m. Under the aus-
pices of the Life Service Band of
East Texas Baptist College, Mar-
shall, the program will feature
special music and testimonials.
Local arrangements are under
the direction of Jim Bob Griffin,
music and youth director of First
Baptist.
Approximately 120 persons from
20 Cherokee County Baptist As-
sociation churches are expected to
attend.
Refreshments will be served by
the host church at the close of the
program.
Gallatin Cage
Tourney Opens
At 2 Thursday
Play will open at 2 Thursday
afternoon in the Gallatin Invita-
tional Basketball Tournament.
Eight boys and eight girls teams
will see action during the three-
day meet.
Rusk will be entered in the boys
bracket, facing Central at 1 p m.
Friday. The winner of that game
will play the winner of the Dial-
ville-Summerfield match Friday
night.
Teams entered in the boys brac-
ket are Gallatin, Alto. LaPoynor,
Frankston, Dialville, Summerfield,
(Continued on Page 8)
Commissioners Authorize Judge To
Execute ROW Contract With State
County Commissioners Monday
authorized County Judge J. W.
Chandler to execute contract with
t h e Texas Highway Department
for right-of way along t w o por-
tions of Highway 69 marked foe
double lane construction.
The contract will cover tho
Rusk Alto project and the Jack
aouville Dullard route
Right ot way acquisition, with
the state paung half the cost. U
ti preliminary to the double lane
| construction similar fo that near-
[ ing completion between Rusk and
I Jacksonville.
Acquisition conceivably can pro-
ceed on both projects at the samo
time. However, it is believed th*
JacksonvUle-Bullard route will b*j
constructed first
Also, in Monday's meeting, com-
missioner set December 23 to
open bids for t w o Sheriff's IV
partmcnt cars and a maintainor
{or Precinct 3. Jacksonville
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