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RUSK TV VIEWERS will be
happy to learn that E-Z Vision
|Cable Company plans to re-
build the system. This company
had more than its share of
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¡ more . . ,
A GREAT DEAL of money is
loing to be spent improving the
facility right away. Not much
has been done since the "big
uss" because all stockholders
the company hesitated to
spend any more hard cash In
iuch a small market with *11
opposition the cable com-
pany was encountering from
certain sources . . .
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ROUNDABOUT is president
and general manager of the
company, and is blessed with
¡two of the finest partners a
ían could hope to find any-
¡where. James Fair and Hall
ienfon, both of Tyler, have
joeen 100 per cent.
EVERYBODY WHO was out
to Musick Field Monday came
away proud of the tough Eagle
crew. In Palestine, they went
up against some of the state's
best material . . ,
WE WOULDN'T DETRACT
from the Wildcat's fine squad,
but we believe the Rusk men
just put a little more into it
... considering they were at
a disadvantage of roughly 20 to
30 pounds per man . . .
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RUSK, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1962
TWO SECTIONS
NUMBER 11
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Record Oil Lease Play in
Area Breaks into Open
Lease Buying Spreads
After Humbles Entry
WE'RE ALL LOOKING for-
ward to the opener next week.
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Memo:
Thursday, Aug. 30
School Faculty meeting, 9
I a.m. Rusk High School.
Lions Club, 12 noon, Rusk
v Hotel.
■M Eagles scrimmage at Kilgore,
4 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 31
Registration for school, 8:30.
Saturday, Sept. 1
Rummage Sale, Catholic
ladies, S. Main, 9 a.m.
Farm Bureau office open
-house, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
. Sunday, Sept. 2
C. E. Presley, guest speaker,
' First Christian Church, 11 a.m.
Homecoming at Shiloh.
Monday, Sept. 3
Labor Day, most businesses
closed.
Tuesday, Sept. 4
• Kiwanis Club, 12 noon.
School starts.
Quarterback Club, 7:30.
Wednesday, Sept. 5
Rotary Club, 12 noon, Rusk Ho-
tel.
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Quarterback
Membership
Up To 127
Rusk Quarterback Club mem-
bers elected directors Tuesday
night, when they held a regu-
lar meeting in the High School
Auditorium at 7:30. Elected
|were Robert A. von Doenhoff,
Mrs. Ethel Pledger, Billie Ed-
. wards, Alton Abcrnathy, Shelby
Hood and Ralph Travis,
t Coach Kenneth Almond gave
the club a report on the team's
progress, reviewing statistics
from Monday's scrimmage with
Ennis and Palestine teams. A
film of these workouts is to be
shown at the September 4th
Quarterback meeting, 7:30 p.m.
in the School Auditorium.
School Supt. Gerald Chap-
man reported season ticket
sales, and urged the importance
of ticket purchase prior to the
eptember 7 game, here with
ockett.
New Quarterback members
ded since the last meeting,
ingutg the total to 127, are:
rt L. Moses, l>an Heard,
arlte C Christopher, Mrs
es I Perkins, M ose ley
Ufe!. Iceman Isaacs. W \V
Iney, V H Bral>. M K
Mrs M K lates, Alvin
I, Alton Abemathy, H J
ht. W R <Hill> Wrmht.
K philbrtck, lamar
kit uut Vel'lton V ruuaik
Rusk Halfback Mark Seale has his journey
interrupted by ari Ennis tackier during the
Monday morning scrimmage session, which
also included Palestine.
Eagles Show Early Season
Toughness in 3-Way (lash
The Rusk Eagles Monday
clashed with two triple-A teams
and, in the morning session at
least, had things pretty well
their own way.
Taking the field against one
of the biggest teams to come
out of Palestine in some years,
the Eagles held the Wildcats
scoreless.
Then in the closing match of
the morning session, the Eagles
took the offense, marched up
the field twice, and on the sec-
ond trip went across the goal
line.
In between, the locals bottled
up a heavy Ennis squad, and
camc back on the offense to
score against them also.
Neither of the teams were
able to score against Rusk in
the morning battles.
Palestine, operating with
what has been termed one of
the swiftest backfields in the
state, plugged away at a stiff
forward wall put up by Rusk.
They found a couple of second-
ary weaknesses, but still failed
to score.
Rusk then took the offense
against Ennis. With the aid of
p 15-yard penalty, the Eagles
rolled to four first downs on
the ground, and Quarterback
Dale Dotson tossed for a fifth.
Dotson again threw, and Joe
Allen was waiting to gather in
the scoring pass.
Palestine went on offense
against Ennis. They rolled up
three first downs, which includ-
ed two long-gaining running
plays. An end sweep carried
across the Ennis goal.
Rusk swallowed a 15-yard
penalty and still defensed En-
nis to almost a standstill. The
Ennis squad was held for four
downs on the first series, start-
ed over and got a net gain of
about one yard on the second
four tries. They netted five
yards on the next series and
in the fourth set of plays got
their first first down. Ennis'
go at offense ended with their
passer trapped in the second
ary.
Rusk then took the offense
against Palestine. The Wildcat
defense, obviously centering on
Quarterback Dotson, was sur-
Six Charged on
County Docket
Six charges, five of them in-
volving liquor, wore entered
on the County Clerk's file
docket this week.
They are: Johnny A. Kan-
riska, Marvin Davis George,
Alberta Pless Carlisle, a 11
charged with driving while in-
toxicated; Rufus Scott, charged
with possession of unstamped
liquor: J. C. Johnson, charged
with transporting liquor in a
dry area; and Claude J. U>v
mc charged with fraud
Albert* Carlisle was fined
$50 .uul sentenced to 15 day*
in ii*il alter entering a plea of
guilty Scot pleaded guilty and
wait fmvil
prised on the first play when
Mark Seale took a handoff and
galloped 40 yards before being
hauled down.
Fullback Leslie Lyles plug-
ged away intermittenly at the
big Palestine line and picked
up the first down on the Wild-
cat 11. But a fumble on the six
stopped the drive.
The Eagles started over from
the bottom of the field, and
were dropped for a loss in the
first try for upfield territory.
Dotson again connected for a
short gain. Then Joe Allen
tromped up the middle, bound-
ed off two Palestine defenders,
cut to his right and went to
the four. It was the next to
the last play of the morning
session.
On the last play, Seale was
escorted around left end for
the score.
The Rusk crew had less to
say about what went on on
their field in the afternoon ses-
sion. They gave up one score
to Palestine and in the swap
to offense failed to threaten
the Wildcat goal. But they once
again held the Ennis squad
downfield, and on offense
against the Lions, launched
Lyles up the middle for a 50-
yard goal line journey.
Palestine opened against
Rusk. The Wildcats went
through five plays before their
first first down. They fumbled
on the next play, Rusk recover-
ed, and Palestine went back to
the starting line.
Palestine then loosed a 15-
yard gainer off left tackle. A
pass deep right was good for
another 15.
Rusk again recovered a fum-
ble and the Wildcats once
again returned to their start-
ing point. They took to the air
once again. A long aerial car-
ried to the Rusk 20. It was fol-
lowed by a reverse which was
good for the touchdown.
Returning to the 30-yard-line
starting point, the Wildcats
again chose the aerial route,
but the passer was smeared be-
fore he could get off the final
play of the bout.
Ennis ran against Palestine
in succeeding play. The Lions
showed more fight in their af-
ternoon activity, but ran out ¡
their series still bogged down
downfield.
Rusk went into the offensive
against Ennis with a fumble.
Mark Seale picked up five
yards, topped off by a 20-yard
pass play featuring Dotson and
Jot* Allen. Lyles went for four
and Dotson and Allen again
learned for 10 yards
A lost fumble moved play
downfield. from where Seale
!advanced 10 yards
Then 50 yards from the goat
line, a gaping hole suddenly
opened up m the right side of
the Kiwis line Lyles roared
through and went untouched
the remaining distance
Palestine went up agttinwt
►'titus again oi<t k'aglo aeltvtly i
ended with the locals defensing
Ennis. It was much the same
story as the morning session.
The Lions, except for a 20-yard
pass play late in the series,
never put much distance be-
tween them and the starting
point.
Season's 2nd
Scrimmage
Rusk's Eagles go to Kil-
gore Thursday afternoon for
their second and last scrim-
mage. Mineóla will be the
third party.
Rusk and Mineóla will not
clash, however. The two
teams will scrimmage
against Kilgore's two units.
The action begins at 4
p.m. Thursday.
E-Z Vision
Reworking
To Begin
Technicians Saturday will be-
gin the second half of E-Z Vis-,
ion Cable Company's rebuild-
ing program. The transmission
line network will be complete-
ly overhauled.
The work follows replace-
ment of old "head-in" equip-
ment at the company's tower
and addition of new equipment,
all of which constituted the
first half of the projected 100
per cent rebuilding program.
The second half of the work
is expected to involve about
$10,000 expenditure. The lines
will be reworked and ampli-
fiers respaced in accordance
with the latest techniques, E.
H. Whitehead announced.
The new work will be con-
fined to weekends, he said, in
order to keep program inter-
ruptions at a minimum.
The improvement is being
made in time to allow better,
more uniform reception for all
the new fall programs.
Whitehead said the company
pífin to ad8 a new service ear-
ly in the Rusk football season.
Sports flashes will be given on
the cable as out-of-town games
progress. This will not be a
play-by-play account, but per-
iodic summaries of action dur-
ing the game.
The reconditioning program
will include re-spacing of am-
plifiers along the transmission
lines for optimum reception in
all areas of town served by E-Z
Vision.
Vaccine Form
Found Page 5
The Cherokeean this week
has a registration form to
be used in the Sabin Oral
Polio vaccination campaign
which begins Sept. 9.
It is printed on page 5.
The form should be clip-
ped out. All the information
asked for should be printed
in the appropriate spaces.
The form or a similar one
distributed through various
agencies must be presented
at the time of receiving the
vaccine.
Oil leasing on an unprece-
dented scale here broke into
the open last week after the
Humble Company opened the
activity earlier in the week.
Involved is an estimated
100,000 acres. Some 80 per cent
of it is in Cherokee County, in
the Atoy vicinity east of Rusk,
and most of the remainder in
Nacogdoches County. A smaller
portion is in Rusk County.
Humble, according to its
agent, Riley Maness, is paying
Council Annexes Area;
Tells Lake Water Use
The Rusk City Council last
week passed an ordinance an-
nexing some 10 acres to the
city. The territory is in the
Daniels Addition area.
The five residents of the area
petitioned the council for an-
nexation. They will be furnish-
ed city water service as soon
as it ctín be installed.
Proposed annexation for a
larger area, meanwhile, was
progressing. Petitions are be-
ing circulated in the U.S. 84
area west of the city limits by
Edgar DeFoor and Jack Pinson.
Residents of that area, a ma-
jority of whom must petition
to be annexed, were offered a
six-inch water line if they be-
came a part of the city.
That line would replace the
present 2-inch line which must
New School Year Starts Friday
School bells Friday will beck-
on hundreds of Rusk School
District pupils back to school
rooms for an abreviatcd session
Friday morning.
They will return on Tuesday,
September 4, to begin regular
Board To
AdoptNew
Budget
A budget for the 1962-63
school year will be formally
adopted at the next regular
meeting of the Rusk Independ-
ent School Board Thursday
night, September 6th at 7:30
p.m.
Board members earlier pre-
pared the proposed budget in
an August meeting.
The public is invited to at-
tend the September meeting in
City Hall.
classes.
An expected 320 high school
pupils—a gain of 10 over last
year's starting enrollment—will
have an assembly in the high
school auditorium Friday morn-
ing at 8:30. A general orienta-
tion is programmed for them
until 11:30
Friday's morning session at
the elementary school will be-
gin at 8:30. Children should re-
port at that time. They will be
dismissed at 11:20.
Principal J. M. Boone said
that regular elementary classes
will begin at 8:15 next Tuesday,
15 minutes earlier than usual.
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Lions Club
The Lions Club met Thurs-
day noon with 44 members
present. President Shelby Hood
presided.
Frank Merriwether, program
chairman, introduced the Carl
Lloyd family, who brought
special music.
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Cafeteria Price
Changes Noted
Lunch tickets will be
available when students reg-
ister, Friday, August 31st,
announces School Supt. Ger-
ald Chapman. Both Elemen-
tary and High School tickets
will be on sale at slightly
increased prices. For the
first time in 6 years, an ad-
vance in price has been
made. Previously $2.50 for
10 meals, elementary stu-
dents will next Friday pay
$2.75. Single tickets will re-
main 30c. All meals at the
High School will be straight
30c. Teachers' tickets will
be 35c and guest tickets arc
to be 41c.
Increased labor costs ne-
cessitated the increase in
cafeteria prices, explained
Supt. Chapman.
be moved by the city ahead of
State Highway Department con-
struction.
At the special meeting last
week, councilmen also voted to
begin using water from the
city lake, and ordered early
tie-in of the reservoir to the
public water supply system.
The project will cost about
$4,000.
It was recommended by En-
gineers Wisenbaker and Fix,
who advised that it was the
quickest way to supplement the
city water supply, and it "is
something that should be done
anyway."
The firm's letter stated fur-
ther, "Since you have the won-
derful lake so close at hand
we think you should use it."
The city's well No. 2 failed
two weeks ago, and it is esti-
mated it will take $3,500 to re-
pair it.
Although the water supply is
not considered critical even
during the peak season, the
tie-in to the lake will take care
of all future contingencies.
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1st Baptist Sets
Training Union
Sunday through Wednesday,
Sept. 2 through 5, a Training
Union Study Course is to be
conducted at First Baptist
Church, announces the pastor,
Rev. Grover Talbert.
Sunday's first study will be
held at the regular training
union meeting time; Monday
and Tuesday studies will begin
at 7 p.m.; and Wednesday's
meeting time will be 7:30 p.m.
To be taught in four groups,
teachers and study are outlined
as follows: Primary depart-
ment, Mrs. Grover Talbert,
"Around the Clock for Jesus";
Junior department, Mrs. Mar-
shall Trcadwell, "Heroes of the
Faith"; Youth department,
Rev. Talbert, "Tomorrow You
Marry"; and Adults, Mrs. W.
H. Hanna, "Christianity Con-
fronts Communism."
up to $15 per acre for the
leases.
Activity so far is confined to
leasing. Drilling is not in the
picture at present, but deep
formation tests are indicated
because much of the acreage in-
volved has been tested for
Woodbine.
Interest in the area goes
back to 1901 when the first
leases were bought, according
to records of the Cherokee
County Abstract Company.
Acreage involved is four
times as much as in the 1934
oil flurry here which followed
the East Texas Field discovery.
But persons intimate with oil
circles were reluctant to com-
pare the present lease play
with that activity. Only shal-
low formations were involved
then and attracted numerous
independents.
Several major companies
were said to have followed
Humble's entry into the area
on August 18. That company
reportedly is prepared to spend
upwards of $1.5 Million for
leases in Cherokee and Nacog-
doches bounties.
The area is described rough-
ly as follows:
Beginning at the county line
at Sacul, westward to Rusk to
a line between the James Gro-
cery and the Frazer Ranch,
then south to the Central High
area at the Menard place, and
then east through the Blue
Lake range and north to the
county lin'e.
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Rusk To
Be Part
Of Tour
LONGVIEW—More than one
thousand personal invitations
from Governor Daniel to top
industrialists in the New York,
Connecticut, New Jersey, Pitts-
burgh, and Cincinnati area, in-
viting them to be guests of the
East Texas Chamber of Com-
merce when seventy members
of the organization visit those
areas in early October, will be
mailed this weekend, according
to an announcement by Roy
Sanderford, president of the
chamber.
This invitation will be follow-
ed by similar personal letters
to the same group of people
from Sanderford himself as
well as from E. B. Germany,
with a number of investment
bankers receiving special invi-
tations from Texas bankers.
"We feel this tour will be
outstanding from every stand-
point, and we believe all East
Texas will benefit immensely
See TOUR, Page 8
Athens Firm's Bid Wins
County Airport Contract
The County Tuesday accept- i under the one accepted last ¡ Other bids submitted were;
ed a bid of $59,911.75 for build- 'year but which was invalidat- ^ ^ Adkinson, $80,931.40;
ing the Cherokee County Air-1 ed after the airport was snag
port The bid, lowest of four ged on land and mineral dif
submitted, was made by the flcuittes.
Adams Construction Company Part of the cost of construc-
of Athens. turn will be shared by the fed
No starting date was stipu eral government
luted, but the firm will have ¡ The airport has been on the
A garage t>l«<e on the Alto Loop called firemen to duty
Tuesday iimriititg I he hlnttv was confined mostly to the tit
teflor of the i f ige owiohI t v Jl I' t'rvor,
100 working days m which to
complete the facility altor be-
ginning construction.
Tlit* bid wwt abont 15,000
Frank Bolton, $84,568.42; Dajor
Construction Company, $7®,
#80.65.
Present for the opening were
the County Commissioner*
Court. Airport C o m m i 11 • •
Chairman M IV Moore. Com-
mitteeman Lloyd
sonville Kngtneer Hubert
Gains hey, Tyler fucal
active list for «orne three year*.
it will have a 1000-foot runway
and a loo fool taxi strip The Mob hay, and County
contract also calls for ivnwng. IKIlM Jft
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