The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 119, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 15, 1966 Page: 1 of 12
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SERVING RUSK WITH
DISTINCTION FOR
119 Years
WITH ROUNDABOUT
Roundabout missed a visit
from Mrs. Chas. W. Cast-
ner last week. This wonder-
ful lady was In Rusk to wind-
up some affairs.. ..Mrs.Cas-
tuer told Mrs. Roundabout
that The Cherokeean was the
last newspaper Dr. Castner
read before he went Into a
coma and passed away...Ro-
undabout loved and admired
this outstanding man, but did
not realize we would miss
him so much...
VOL. 119
RUSK, TEXAS
THURSDAY, SEFT. 15, 1966
12 PAGES
NUMBER 14
Coach Doyle Brooks has been
working his f.jck of Eagles
hard this week to get them
ready for the Invasion of the
tough West Rusk eleven. This
will, In all probability, be the
"toughest" team the Birds
will tangle with all year...
Several bad breaks and a
"tough" Van line toppled the
Eagles last week at Van...
Roundabout looks for the Eag-
les to "bounce back" Friday
night and pull an upset...
We had a great many en-
tries In the "Play-for-Pay"
Football Contest...Only two
picked Rusk to lose last Fri-
day night's game...that, my
friends, is loyalty.. .Our good
friend and fellow publisher,
Mayor Frank Ed Weimar of
Alto, took second place in
the contest...Roundabout is
going to "claim" half the
money...Frank Ed filled out
the entry blank while having
a cup of coffee with Round-
about...Frank Ed Is running
a contest in his paper, so
guess ok) Roundabout will try
to even up the score by en-
tering his...
Enjoyed a visit Tuesday af-
ternoon with Leeman Isaacs
at Rusk Motor Sales, Rusk's
"Friendly Ford Dealer"...
Leeman tells us that plans
are ready for the big Punt,
Pass and Kick Contest.. .This
event grows every year...
Rusk area youngsters will
compete for some mighty nice
prizes...Details are publish-
ed elsewhere...
"M s;&
Rusk Council OKs $382,749 Budget
Tuesday Nght - - For Fiscal Year 1967
EAGLES ECHO staff members, from left,
Lu Ellen Strande, editor; Holly Lindsay,busi-
ness manager; and Jo Nell Vining, assis-
tant editor, trying their hand at "making
up a page" in the backshop of The Chero-
keean Tuesday. Over 20 high school students
who comprise the full staff of the Eagles
Echo will be working on the full page of
high school news which will be published
In The Cherokeean each week. The staff,
which is sponsored by Mrs. Helen Case,
hopes to begin production of their "news-
paper" supplement sometime this month.
STAFF PHOTO
Billy Watson Named Coordinator
Rusk Gels Grant Of $48,000
For Basic Adult Education Study
KTLU's increased time of
Country and Western Music
has received many favorable
comments from listners...
Roundabout didn't realize th-
ere were so many western
music fans in Cherokee Co-
unty. ..we'd have done it a
long time ago if we had only
known...
Plans are to get started
with our local news bullitens
via Channel Six on E-Z Vis-
Ion in the next week or so
...We hope all the "bugs"
are out of the cable system
...everything has been run-
ning real smooth the last
several weeks...
Rusk's public school receiv-
ed approval of a $48,000 fe-
deral grant through the Of-
fice of Economic Opportunity
last week. Funds were re-
quested earlier to conduct a
Basic Adult Education pro-
gram locally. The program,
according to School Supt. Jack
Martin will be administered
through the Texas Education
Agency.
The sum covers anticipated
costs for 25 units of study.
Supt. Martin explained that
each unit is designed to ac-
comodate 10 to 20 persons.
Three groups, or classifica-
tions of students will be en-
rolled; (1) those who have
not completed the third gr-
ade; (2) those who have not
completed sixth grade; and
(3) those who have not com-
pleted eighth grade.
The adult education program
could possibly be extended
to all areas of Cherokee Co-
unty, said Martin, but will
begin in Rusk only.
Two initial units will be
set up at Rusk State Hospi-
tal for patients who are in-
terested, and are ready for
this phase of rehabilitation.
Basic education--reading,
writing, arithmetic--will be
taught, said Martin.
These classes will be held
twice weekly, lasting from
two to three hours, he ex-
plained.
"At the present we are now
waiting for a representative
of the Texas Education De-
partment to call on us, and
work out the order for ma-
terials," said Martin. A th-
ree hour orientation session
is planned for the school's In-
structors, who will come pri-
marily from the present facu-
lty.
Billy Watson has been nam-
ed by the School Board to fill
the job of Program Coordin-
ator. He will be relieved of
bus driving duties, but will
continue classroom instruc-
tion in Math at the High Sc«
•See GRANT page 5
County Oks
Pay Raises
For October
Cherokee County Commiss-
ioners, meeting Monday in
regular monthly session at
the Rusk courthouse, voted
to allow salary Increases for
elected county officials and
county employees, as provid-
ed in the 1967 county budget,
to become effective during
the last three months of 1966.
With their October checks,
elected county officials will
receive a 15 per cent pay
raise and county employees
will have a 10 per cent in-
crease. These pay raises are
expected to total approxima-
tely $21,000.
In the measure, which was
passed unanimously by Com-
missioners, the 1966 budget
was amended to allow the tr-
ansferal of sufficient funds
from the general fund to the
officers' salary fund.
In other action, the Com-
missioners set the county tax
rate for 1967 at $1.25 per
each $100 assessed valuation.
The $1.25 tax rate has been
in effect since 1963.
A breakdown of the rate is
as follows; jury fund, 5^; road
and bridge, 5tf; road and br-
idge special, 15^f; general,
52^; road and bridge sink-
ing, 17£; permanent impro-
vements, 1£; and county la-
teral road fund on state va-
luation, 30 jf.
Commissioners a'so set tax
rates for the five common
school districts in the county.
Those rates are; Pine Grove
CSD g6, $1; Shady Grove CSD
#25, $1; New Hope CSD #54,
$1.50; Mt. Haven CSD #61,
$1; and Churchill CSD #82,
$1.
Dr. George B. Tipton of
Rusk was appointed by Com-
missioners to the post of
County Health Officer for a
two-year term. Dr. Tipton
succeeds the late Dr. T. H.
Cobble.
Rainy Nght For Eagles-
Van Wins Season Opener
Rusk's Eagles saw leads
vanish twice In a steady
drizzle Friday night as the
Van Vandals moved ahead in
the second half of play to
down the Eagle eleven, 22-13,
In the first non-district game
of the season.
Tour Scheduled
Friday Of FHA
Loan Projects
A tour of Farmer's Home
Administration loan financed
projects in the southern part
of Cherokee County has been
announced by C. D. Barrier,
administrator of the FHA
office in Jacksonville.
According to Barrier, the
tour, which is open to the
public, will begin at 1 p.m.
Friday from the Courthouse
Annex.
Placea to be toured include
the Iron Hill Water Supply
Corporation plant, the Bobby
Parsons farm east of Rusk
about three miles, and the
Billy Lankford farm west of
Rusk about three miles.
Each tour site has been
•elected to ahow a different
type of loan available from
the FHA* Barrier reported
there are approximately 17
variations of loans which the
FHA can grant.
A slick football, eluding the
hands of Rusk players, gave
two fumbles to Van which the
Vandals turned Into important
touchdowns. One taken on the
Eagle six-yard line started
a Vandal drive acro-s the
Rusk goal. Another TD was
set up for the Vandals when
they took a fumble on the
35, capitalized on a 15-yard
penalty against Rusk for hold-
ing face mask, and moved on
to paydlrt.
"But we're not crying about
the rain," Rusk Head Coach
Doyle Brooks said Monday.
'In fact, we're not crying
about anything. It rained on
their end of the field too.
We're Just going to have to
get tougher and that's what
we're going to do."
After taking the opening
hlckoff, Rusk rolled on for
the first touchdown of the night
when fullback Ray Penn
skirted around right end and
charged 44 yards to score
within only about two minutes
of play.
A PAT attempt by Gregg
Dupree fell short, leaving the
score 6-0 for the Eagles.
Midway in the first quarter,
the Vandals bounced into the
scoring columns when half,
back Dana Ammona plunged
through the Eagle line two and
a half yarda to acore. Attempt
for extra points failed,
acoring the ballgame in a 6.6
tie,
•See BAOLBS page 5
PinTINO THEIR IMAGINATION TO WORK,
Ruskltes attending the Eagle-Van game Friday
night demonstrated their Ingenuity as they
attempted to keep dry during a steady dríz-
ale which grew worse as the ball game pre-
Winaton Power, (far left* had hia
problem *'ln the bag"—a plastic bag that la-
in which he climbed when the rain began
pelting down. Using more orthodox methods,
Ployd Blrdwell and wlfo, Marie, and Mrs.
Erneat Keels tried blanketa, headscarvea,
and umbrellaa, STAFF PHOTO
PRINCIPAL SPOKESMEN at the Alto mass meeting last
week were Gus Whiteman, shown at the speaker's podium,
and Jess Bradford, former Cherokee County Negro Agricul-
ture Agent, both of whom spoke for the Alto Independent
School District's freedom of choice plan which was revolk-
ed by the U.S. Department of Hea'th, Education, and Welfare.
STAFF PHOTO
Monday
Desegregated Alto Schools Open
Alto schools opened for the
1966-67 school term Monday
with completely desegregated
classes following the resigna-
tion Friday of the school dis-
trict's Superintendent of Sc-
hools, Lawrence Smith, and
chairman of the Alto Board
of Trustees, Richard John-
son.
The resignations, which was
effective immediately, were
tendered to Alto trustees and
accepted by the Board in a
special called meeting which
lasted approximately 15 min-
utes, from 2 p.m. until 2:15
p.m.
James Dover, secretary of
the Alto School Board, has
reported that the Board is
now seeking a replacement
for Smith and Johnson. Ch-
arles Page Is presently ser-
ving as acting chairman of
the Board and George T. Wil-
liams, Alto High School Prln-
¡ Play-For-Pay ¡
(Pays Off For)
I Three People!!
Three scored big--among
scores of entries--in last
week's season opener, the
"Play for Pay" contest.They
were; Dwight Campbell, fir-
st; F, E, Weimer, second;
and Melvin Townsend, third.
They will receive cash pri-
zes of $7.50, $5.00 and $3.00
respectively for their lucky
guesses.
The contest drew a record
number of entries for its
first week of the Eagle sea-
son.' Contestants are Invited
to enter each week, limit
one entry per person. Any-
body can play—that la ex-
cept employees of Whitehead
cipal, is serving as acting
superintendent.
Resignations of the two of-
ficials followed a mass meet-
ing of Alto townspeople in the
hitfh school audirorlum Th-
ursday, Sept. 8, called by a
citizens committee formed to
seek a reversal of a U. S.
Department of Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare decree that
the schools must totally In-
tegrate this term of school.
{story on this meeting appears
elsewhere in this issue of
The Cherokeean, page 4
Council Sets
Rusk Tax
At $1.60 Rate
Councllmen Tuc^cty night
approved the 1967 city budget
which calls for a total capi-
tal outlay of $382,749.~2 and
set a tax rate for the coming
year at $1.60 per each $100
assessed valuation, same as
i,i 1966.
Estimated revenue In the
budget is listed s ; $333,209,
whicn combined with a bal-
ance of $89,176.54 expected
December 31, 1966, woild
bring the total revenue ava> .
able to $422,385.54.
Estimated tax resources,
based on a predicted assessed
ganeral property valuation of
$3,425,000 Is expected to total
$51,320.
Included among budget Items
are $75,000 In general ob-
ligation warrents which have
been authorized since 1966
but not Issued. Of the amount,
$70,000 In warrents have been
authorized for city expenses
In widening U. S. 84 inside
the city limits and $5,000 for
Improvements to city hall.
In approving the budget, the
Rusk Council passed two or-
dinances, one allowing trans-
fer ral of funda to meet neces-
sary expenses and another
breaking down the $1.60 tax
rate.
Amounts to be transferred
include; $17,885.58 from the
Water and Sewer System Ac-
count to the General Ob-
ligation Bond Interest and
Sinking Fund to pay interest,
principal, and exchange
charges on the City's general
obligation bonds coming due
in '67; and $26,310^2 from
the Water and Sewer System
Account to the Water and
Sewer Interest and Sinking
Fund.
The 1967 tax rate of $1.60
was broken down as follows;
$1.28, current expenses; and
32 cents, interest and creating
a sinking fund for city bonds.
Proposed expenditures dur-
ing 1967 In each of the city
departments tota Is administ-
rative, $20,075; police de-
partment, $25,605; fire de-
partment, $12,520; garbage
and sanitation, $21,600; street
department, $107,220; and
cemetery, $5,725. Total *67
expenditures as compared
with 1965 and '66 is listed
in the budget as $192,745 for
•See CITY page 5
PTA Meeting Slated
Monday Night, 7:30
The first membership meet-
ing of the Rusk FTA is set
for next Monday evening at
7;30 in the Junior High Cafe-
torlum. Members will be ad-
vised of the meeting by no-
tices through the school stu-
dents, said co-presidents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. (Buddy)
Shaw.
On the agenda for the Sept-
ember meeting will be sev-
eral recommendations by the
executive committee, formu-
lated during a meeting of
officers and committee chair,
men Monday afternoon.
A program of work for the
year—including the making
and spending of money—is to
be discussed.
The evening's program is to
be entitled "Report to the
People". Several will speak
to the group. Pre8ldent Shaw
will outline a "Projecting of
Coming PTA Year". "School
is to be reviewed
Martin
by the school principals will
also be a meeting highlight.
After adjournment, refresh-
ments are to be served by
the Hospitality Committee,
composed of: Mrs. Earl Ross
and Mrs. Janle Lou Jones,
co-chairmen; Mrs. Frances
Hicks, Mrs. Lloyd Redden,
Mrs. Helene Shingles, Mrs.
Martha Hudnall and Mrs. Fr-
ank Merriwether.
The PTA is also cooperat-
ing next Monday in a Salva-
tion Army used clothing drive,
explained the presidents. "We
urge everyone with good, use.
ful, no-longer-needed cloth,
es to send them to school
that day, bring them to PTA
that night, or call Mrs. S
willow Woodard at 683-2
for pick-up service."
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Whitehead, E. H. The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 119, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 15, 1966, newspaper, September 15, 1966; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth150670/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.