The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 1974 Page: 6 of 12
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SECOND PLACE FLOAT-Merry Christmas from Snoopy and Kappa Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi received $50 for their efforts.
Lucy was the theme of the second place winning float in the Portraying Lucy on the float is Miss Rosemary Long, daughter
Chamber of Comineice Christmas parade Friday. Xi Epsilon of Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Long. -photo by wendee whitehead
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CLASS OF 76 PRESENTS SPIRIT OF '76-Christmas with
George and Martha Washington was the theme of the third place
winning float in the Chamber of Commerce Christmas parade
Friday. The Rusk High School Junior Class received $25 in prize
money for their float. Riding on the float are Steve Halbert and
Cindi Osterhout. -photo by wendee whitehead
Open Circle Meet Set for Dec. 10
A lesson on "Her Potential," group will meet at 9:30 a.m.,
is in store for participants in Tuesday, Dec. 10 in the home of
the Open Circle." of the Mrs. Stanley Chapman, 1301E.
United Methodist Women. The Plum.
Mrs. Charles Sharp will be
program leader. The lesson
will be taken from Chapter VII
in the study book, "A Gracious
Woman." It includes many
Scripture references.
Town Hall Group
Decorates Tree
The residents of Town Hall
Estates Nursing Home in Rusk
trimmed their annual Christ-
mas tree Thursday, Dec. 5.
Residents trimmed the
Scotch Pine with ornaments
and decorations made in their
craft classes.
The tree trimming was the
beginning of preparation for
the home's annual Christmas
Party to be held 1:30 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 19.
Prominent people of the
Rusk community will be on
hand to provide welcomes and
greetings to the residents. The
group will be entertained and
gifts will be opened later in the
afternoon.
Following all of the giving of
gifts, refreshments will be
served. The fellowship is open
to all who would like to enjoy
Christmas with friends and
relatives at the home.
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Be prepared for the holiday season by having your hearing aid prepared. Come by our sub-office and have JIM
I.OONEY. trained consultant, service your hearing aid. MR. LOONEY can give a complete hearing test and
evaluation if you have a hearing problem.
..Expert repairs for all makes of hearing aids
..Earmolds cleaned and tubing replaced at no charge
..1975 model hearing aids now available
Com« by MAC'S PHARMACY on TUESDAY DECEMBER 17 10:00 A.M. until 3:00 P.M. in Rusk.
MR. LOONEY, manager of the tub-office for RUSSELL HEARING AID SERVICE of Tyler will give a special
CHRISTMAS DISCOUNT of $25.04 off Ule price of any new hearing aid.
If you would prefer an appointment in the privacy of your own home, please call collect or write:
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Sun Shines
For Parade
Warm, sunshiny weather
drew a large crowd to Rusk
Friday night for the Rusk
Chamber of Commerce Christ-
mas parade. The festival
parade began at S p.m., circled
the square and ended at Rusk
State Hospital.
Judges from Nacogdoches
chose three float winners and
three winners for the Miss
Merry Christmas title.
First United Methodist
Church youth received $75 for
their first place float. Second
place money of $50 was won by
Xi Epsilon Kappa Chapter of
Beta Sigma Phi and third place
prize of $25 went to the Rusk
High School Junior Class.
April Whitney, 13-year old
Rusk Junior High School
student, was named Miss
Merry Christmas. Second was
Cindy Osterhout, Rusk High
School Junior and third place
winner was Debbie Dyess.
They were sponsored by the
Cherokee Civic Theatre, Rusk
High School Junior Class and
East Side Baptist Church,
respectively. Prize money
awarded was $25 for first
place, $15 for second place and
$10 for third place.
In the judging for Best
Decorated Bicycle winners
were Brian Joyner, first;
Darryl Joyner, second and
Bobby Cribbs, third. They
received checks for $5, $3 and
$2 respectively.
Chuck Gabbert served as
parade announcer and prizes
were presented to winners by
JoEd Anderson, chairman of
the chamber's Special Ac-
tivities Committee, sponsors of
the parade.
Santa Claus was on hand to
greet children and pass out
candy prior to the parade.
Cosa Club
Has Party
A combination Christmas
party and birthday party was
held by the Casa Home
Demonstration Club Dec. 9 at
the home of Mrs. Elvira
O'Neal.
Members of the club honored
Mrs. O'Neal on her birthday.
Members also exchanged gifts
for Christmas.
A luncheon meal was served
to those attending. Mrs. Flora
Weaver was a guest.
Other members attending
were Floy Nelson, Nell
Abernathy, Lenora Sutton,
Esther Durrett, Mary Goff,
Tyra Dover, Doris Cook,
Varine Sanders and Nathalie
Jarrell.
ALL IN THE FAMILY—These three members
of the Rusk High School Band, and members
of the same family, placed in the All Region
Band in Region IV following tryouts
Saturday. Standing are Liicj and Kathleen
Hunter and seated is John Huntel !!un ; m-
the (laughters of Dr. and Mrs. Jim Hunt"'
-staff photo
Three RHS
Band Members
Make Region
Three members of the Rusk
High School Band, all mem-
bers of the same family, were
named to the Region IV Band
following try-outs Saturday in
Carthage.
Making all region band were
Lucy Hunter, flute, second
chair; Kathleen Hunter, clar-
inet, 13th chair and Joann
Hunter, French horn, third
chair. They are the daughters
of Dr. and Mrs. Jitn Hunter.
One hundred band members
were chosen for All Region
honors from high schools from
Lufkin to Longview to Tyler.
Band Director Lester
Hughes accompanied eight
Rusk band members to the
contest.
just in time
for the
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owner in 1957. He accumulated
experience in the abstracting
field in the office of Aldrich &
Crook, 1934-42 a prominent
attorney-abstracter firm in
Crockett. He later became a
partner of the firm Crook & von
Doenhoff and served in this
capacity until 1952.
The Rusk attorney is
married to the former Irma
Lue Christopher of Crockett.
He has also been a member of
the East Texas Symphony
Orchestra in Tyler as 'cellist
since 1954.
"Live A Little"
Rusk Attorney Receives
Recognition in Journal
The December issue of TLTA
News, official publication of
the Texas Land Title Associa-
tion recognizes Rusk attorney,
Robert von Doenhoff, Imme-
diate Past President and
member of the Board of
Directors for the Texas Land
Title Association.
Von Doenhoff became a
member of the association in
1952. Seven years later in
1959-60 he served as Region 3
Vice President. In 1969 he was
elected Director of TLTA and
in 1971 was elected to be the
association's secretary-
treasurer. He served the group
as vice president in 1972-73 and
as president in 1973-74.
Born and reared in New
York City, the attorney
received a Bachelor of Science
degree from the College of the
City of New York in 1933. He
studied at Columbia University
Law School for one year and
then continued his education
by private study of law in
Crockett in his grandfather's
office there. Von Doenhoff was
admitted to the Texas State
Bar in 1938. He has served as
president of both the Houston
County and Cherokee County
Bar Associations.
In 1952 the attorney began
managing Southwestern Ab-
stract Co. in Rusk and became
Board To Discuss
Park Planning
The Rusk City Park Board of
Managers will meet at 7:30
p.m. Tuesday in Community
Room of First State Bank.
The agenda is expected to
include routine topics for
discussion in the planning, and
development of the city park
on U.S. Highway 84 west at the
site of the RuskTerminal for
the Texas Slate Railroad
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The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 1974, newspaper, December 12, 1974; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth151100/m1/6/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.