The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 117, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 27, 1964 Page: 1 of 14
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VlCROriLM SERVIOE * SdLit
P 0. Box 9066
Dallas, Texas
'Round..
Town
WITH ROUNDABOUT
10c This Issue The Cherokeean
iti.\AS OLDEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, ESTABLISHED AS THE PIONEER JULY 5, UU*
SERVING RUSK WITH
DISTINCTION FOR
117 Years
VOLUME 117
FOOTBALL Is (ho chief topic |
<ií ('«inversalion around Ifusk these
days . . . the big Quarterback
llanque) was well attended Mon-
day niuht when 17(1 Quarterback
members and their wives treated
the Fables to a delicious elllckcn ¡
dinner.
()
HALF OF RUSK will he in Pal ¡
estille Thursday niplit when the
Ragles scrimmage Texas' No. I
Class AAA team . . . The Eagles
are short on experience this year,
hut are going to be LONG oil de-
sire . . . Win, lose, or draw,
every team on tin schedule will
know they have hcen in a foot-
ball game . . .
a
EN-IOYFO a tail: with Or. ('has.
W. Castner, Su| t. of Rnsl; State
Hospital this morning >. . . the i
doctor told Itoundibout that pre-
liminary review of the $87.000
federal grant request is scheduled
at Itctlicsda, Maryland September
14 . . . Final decision will be
readied ill November, Or. Cast-
ner said.
O
IHC. CIJAKLUS \Y. FOLXOM has
resigned his position at liusk State i
Hospital and will inter private
practice in Lufkin. Or. Folsom
who has been in change of the
Maximum Securitv I'nit, will he
replaced by l)r. Archie Connally.
Memo:
Thursda.v, August 27
8:30 a.m., Teachers' Workshop,
RHS Band Hall
12 noon, Lions Club, Texas Cafe
Friday, August 28
8::i0 a.m., Teachers Workshop,
RHS Band Hall
9:00 a.m., Omieron Gamma
Rummage Sale, southeast corner
of square
10:00 a.m., County Commission-
ers, Courtroom
7:30 p.m., RSI I Nurse Technic-
ian graduation exercise, First
Baptist Church
8:00 p.m., Eagles scrimmage
Palestine there
Saturday, August 2ÍI
9:00 a.m., Cake Sale on the
square, RHS Pep Squad
9:00 a.m., Omieron Gamma
Rummage Sale, southeast corner
of square
Sunday, August .'JO
2:00 p.m., Championship play-
offs, Sardis vs Palestine at Sardis
Monday, August III
8:30 a.m., School registration
until noon.
3:00 p.m.. United Church Wo-
men, First Methodist Church par-
lor
Tuesday, September 1
8:25 a.m., First full day of
school
12 noon, Khvanis Club, Texas' ki('k"off banquet sponsored by the
i Rusk Quarterback Club to encour
7:30 p.m., Rotary Assembly,' VP town-wide support
Pine view
Wednesday, September 2
12 noon, Rotary Club, Pineview eoaches, and to initiate the clubs
Restaurant annual membership drive.
7:00 p.m., Youth-Led Revival The banquet was held Monday
begins, First Baptist, continuing at 8 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall
through September (i. of the First Methodist Church
\MNK. TEXAS
THI KSDAY. AKH ST 27, 19M
14 PAGES
Nl'MBER II
Hwy 69 Opening
To Be Soon; Oct.
Ceremony Slated
miss Alto, Rusk To Join
Moves Up jn formal Dedication
In Queen 1 'i
Contest
THE REKLAW COMMUNITY lost their Elementary School Tues-
day afternoon when a raging fiie completely destroved the
building in a matter >f only a few hours. When the firemen in
BY FIRE TUESDAY
the picture above arrived at the scene the entire
building was in flames. 'I n< Rusk Volunteer Fin
was amona those who tried in vain to extinguish
inside of the
• Department
the fire.
-Staff Photo
Reklaw School Razed
Only a smoked black shell at the scene about 1 p.m. stated erintendent, scheduled a meeting Local school authorities have
remains of the Reklaw Ele-j they believed lightning struck the Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the expressed the belief that it would!
mentary School Building, valued | electrical wiring of the building R(,klaw Baptist Church to discuss be virtually impossible to liegin
at between $20,000 and $30,000, | and ignited the fire. Reports say . .. huildiníí would new school year under tem-
after an uncontrollable fire ravag- that Reklaw had an electrical ' ' " porary conditions at the Reklaw
would, consolidáis .. ,, . .. . , ., .'
bo rebuilt or
Martha Ann Dyess, dauu'iter
of Mr and Mrs O I. Dyess. won
the district Farm Bureau con
test Monday evening in \,uv,-
doches and was crowned District
Farm Bureau Queen
Four other contestants were com-
peting for the honor, each of
them having won the counts if lie
and the right to confíete it the
district level.
Miss Dyess won the title of
Cherokee County Farm Bureau
Qui>en on August H at a Farm
Bureau liunquet held In Husk
Martha is iiiueteen years old
and is a sophomore colicué mu
dent. She plans to enter Jack
sonville Baptist College this fall
and at present is employed b\
First National Bank.
Miss Dyess will compile "" 'be
state level at the state contest
to be held in Houston on Novem
ber 8. 9 and 10.
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ed the building early Tuesday af-1 storm earlier in the day. " - Ul l : «nímunity and have imiicated that
ternoon. | The Reklaw School Board and with the Rusk Independent School rn ?i-ger of their student body into
the Rusk School District can cas-1
ily be handled if the citizens so
Volunteer firemen who arrived' Robert Banks, county school sup- District.
FOR EAGLES & OBLONG BALL
State Meet,
Kick-off Fete iTZ'M
Staged Mon
About 170 people, including 48, The Rev. Grovcr Talbert, pas-
members of the Rusk Eagles foot- tor of the First Baptist Church in
ball squad, attended" a special I Rusk- ac,pd i,s faster ol ( Vre-
monies at the banquet. Head
U,.J Coach Doyle Brooks, guest speak
of the Ier "1(' banquet, intri dueed tin
team, recognize the fine job being
performed by the four Rusk
Nurse Technicians of Rusk State
desire.
Rusk school officials stated I hoy
would welcome the Reklaw stu-
dents and believe the merger can
be effected without any strain to
the facilities or teaching staff
of the Rusk Elementary School j
Registration for the new school
and offensive films of the Eagles
in action against other teams last
year.
After the banquet, Coach Brook-:
and the parents of the football s.
team members met in the pa i lor
of the Methodist Church to dis
cuss training rules f >r 'hi- bo\ -
and the type of diets whioh the
boys need Copch B >ks also
explained to the par. - -is I hit tin
type of equipment us.'I bv
Ru-k Millet;.' Depart mr at is i-
inong the best available to pro-
tect players on the football field.
To help en-ourag" the bos she
Rusk Quarterback Club and otbei
fans c.f the Eagles a e raising
money to puivha.se '!fi red blazer
sport coats which will ho n
by the Rusk athletes when they
go out-of-town to | o i %(..(!. in
football, baseball, and basketball
games.
Quarterback Club President Dm
Crysup said the coats are being
liought in all sizes for tic travel-
ing Eagles
The Quartcbnek Club centl>
purchased a whirlpool which a ¡II
be installed in the new field hoti ■
when il IS complot, 1 and las
been p >vlding cold drinks for tin
boys after each mor: mi; w .at
The Kusk FjmiIc* , d Oi !l
Hospital will host the annual year was to have begun Monday
• | meeting and banquet of Nurse; for the approximately 32 student*
Technicians in hospitals through-1 attending the Reklaw school.
j out the state Saturday, Septcm The school which included
ber 19. 1 grades one through eight, was
Dr. C L. Jackson, a psyehia-' about 30 years old. The building
trist with the Tim ber lawn Hon- had five classrooms, a kitchen,1
pita I in Dallas, will be the spec- and auditorium, and a hall The j
ial guest speaker at the banquet kitchen, which was complete with
which will be held at 8 p.m. in! irww. refrigerator, and range, j
the Rehabilitation Center. had just been remodeled.
Over 100 people are expected A few chairs and desks were
to attend the meeting and ban-. saved fiont the building which
quel. They will represent hos-; was only partly covered by in-
in Antonio, Terrell, surance.
Wichita Falls, and Austin. j Priiieijwd of the Reklaw school.
Tickets for the banquet will i« Mrs Martha Richards of Amy.
be &! .10. The school hail only one other
Thif'sda >. September 3, the teacher, Mrs. Joe Daniels of
Nurse Vecln ■ cv at RSH will Rusk
Registration
Advice Given
By Officials
School officials have iKMied
this wonl of advice to parents
of school age children "Don I
hu> school supplies until alter
the registration is completed
It was noted that at the time
ol registration, a list of need
ed supplies will be given each
student
For t e a c h e r assignments
students are reminded to check
the lists on each teacher's
classroom door, fot grades one
through eight on the elemen-
tary campus Pupils new to
this school district an asked
to go directly to the school
principar* office for registra-
lion.
'stalely wild *lafuc««|ui
hold thoi' nvular monthly meet-
See STATE MEET Pare 8
Reklaw Trustees ano Presi-
dent, James Craw lord, Secretary,
Hudman Akin, Victor Holmes,
Jr.; Oran Wade II II Richey;
A D. Russell, and Bobby Thrash.
Reserve Seat
Tickets Now
On Sale Here
Holders of last vea 's reserve
scat season tickets for the foot-
ball games a1 Mustek Stadium
have until September I to ap*
ply for purchase of tickets in
the same section stales Supt
ol Schools tlci.tjif Chapman
. ulabh
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the et
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i.s v o i im* s(«MU(tn >11,1,1(1 Hew orient fee
.taa 'h. v go out of town for game- 'hank* '.
t the tti<9>k t^u rtei'hack I'lub ami other Kan1
!v -1, j i ft o. -howin wearini one of ih env-
ío < itoii t) «op l ight, .lomiri - the fiiuohed pro
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I raffii is -elwdtilod to toll over
the in u foil! lane I S litl hijfh
',i\ >ieiw(s«n Rusk and Alio in
the nest few (lay,1 according to
!*oi Heart i Chief Insjieeinr for
the t'esas If; liwas l>cparlnnnt
Heard told the ('herokeean Wed.
oeütlay iiHirniin; that officials from
the I'evas Highw ay Depai tinent's
h-striei ->fflee in Tyler will in-
ijK-ot (he road 11.'fore it will be
"(«■lied for truffle
Only minor finishing work re-
•oaiiw before R It Mowdcn Con-
tractor is ready for the inspec-
tion. Heatd od All paving has
been . iiinpleted Finis him; work
on the traffic islands mid way be
twivn Rusk ami Alio, it ih*
inleimectlon of tf S. (¡íl and Farm
Road .Ml. is all that témalas lie-
fore highway officials make their
inspection
H , , ,
( onsiriiolion on the project has
M been in peoecss for nearly two
I yais. Contract to pave was a.
m rardeil Huwtlen Construction Com*
pan\ in February.
The new cement atwl soil stn-
htlt/jiilon pK.x'e.ss has liwo nwd
• it thi-, road If en rd commented
that he bi'hcvisl It would 'v «tnt-
¡aoioty. He declinefl lo make a
•t ioipari si on ls>tween this prmi'ss
U«l oavel base thai has lieen
Used iti this area Shortage of
■law] oauood the Stale Highway
| De¡)ai Imcnt to use the cement
f artil oil stabilisation [irocess
No work Is ohislalcd on the
old section of the hlghwa.v at this
time Hie 12 utiles of old road Is
ti excellent condition, however.
Plan- are to have a big rllv-
'►on cutting ceremony curly in
Ocióla, r and nfflcially o( en the
• ad A i iieiidi i of tile Texas
Highway Coiumissioii will attend
and ■ i *ak for the oeoasion
\ preliminary meeting was belt!
ti Rusk F'i'ulay afterrKH>n to lay
plans for the formal dedication
it'll ribbon eultkng 1 eremony
Hands ftoin Rusk and Alto have
been invited to particípale in the
pi ogHUH,
' V Manager Mickey (¡ambrell
•net with the Alto Lions Club
Tucstlay aisl lnvlte<l tii<nn to at
is! in the program.
Ill .se attending the Friday if-
t> noon m 'f*|ing were Morris Has-
s >ll, chairman oí the CC Highway
t ornnuttec, Judge J. W Chand-
ler, Rusk Mayor E 11 Whitehead,
I C Wtlllarm, M II Notion,
CC itmnager Míckev Ciambtdl
tisl F W Ma it hi-w.s of
a- Higiiwaj, IH*[ ai tin ot
We aie looking forw.
outstanding event. We i
fortunate to have a m
t n<
T
os-
tia
the
edil
It
Highway <
principal '
commcn'r-d
0|M it
uak<
,ii 'i to an
ire indee I
tent'#'! of
)!l«lir.!nlon
dk at the
Hahsi'll
tillle oily
dedication
August Rain
Measures
Just Over 5'
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Whitehead, E. H. The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 117, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 27, 1964, newspaper, August 27, 1964; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth150563/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.