The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 20, 1975 Page: 1 of 22
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Volume 126
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If he Cherokeean
Texas' oldest weekly newspaper, established as the Cherokee Sentinel, Feb. 27, 1850
Husk, Texas, Thursday, Mareh 20, 1975
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14 Pages
Junior Livestockers To Hold Show Friday
Cash, ribbons trophies
will be awarded in 24
classes at the Cherokee
County Junior Livestock
Show set this Friday one
mile West of Rusk on U.S.
Hwy. 84.
More than 100 young
people, including 4-H Club
and FFA chapter members
will exhibit animals in the
show. Showmanship
awards of $25 for First
Place and $15 for Second
Place have been provided
by the Jacksonville Cham-
ber of Commerce. Blue,
red and white ribbons will
be given the top three
winners in each class. Top
class leaders will receive
trophies donated by the
Cherokee County Live-
stockmen's Association,
according to L.B. Goleman
Jr, chairman for the event.
Dairy classes to be
judged include dairy heif-
ers under six months, dairy
heifers six months to one
year, dairy heifers over
one year and springers,
and dairy cows.
Beef classes include
registered bulls 12 months
and under, 12-18 months,
over 18 months, registered
heifers over 15 months,
registered heifers under 15
months, registered cows,
stocker heifers under 15
months, stocker heifers
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over 15 months, stocker
cows, slaughter calves
under 700 pounds, slaugh-
ter animals over 700
pounds and an open class
for animals that have been
shown before and animals
which do not fit any other
category.
Classes of swine include
open gilts, bred gilts and
sows and market hogs.
Halter classes in horse
competition will include
geldings under 14 hands,
geldings over 14 hands,
mares under 14 hands and
mares over 14 hands. A
pony class for small horses
and shetlands will also be
judged.
Cash awards are to be
determined by the associa-
tion, according to Gole-
man.
Sponsors of Friday's
show is the newlv formed
Cherokee County Stock
Show and Exposition Inc.
Bill Paul of Jacksonville is
chairman of the corpora-
tion.
The 1975 show is the 27th
year the event has been
held in Cherokee County.
Initiated by the Rusk
Kiwanis Club in 1949, the
show was later sponsored
by the Jacksonville Kiwan-
is Club.
"We are also encour-
aging registered producers
to exhibit animals as a
contribution to this educa-
tional opportunity," said
Johnny McKay, county
agricultural extension
agent. "They will receive
ribbons only for winning
animals, he said.
McKay said the show
"not only teaches our
young people the benefits
of good breeding, sound
management and proper
care and feeding, but it also
helps to educate the public
in general to the value of
the livestock industry in
Cherokee County.
"We invite the public to
view the animals on
display at 10 a.m. Our
judging starts at 1 p.m. and
we hope that many persons
will want to come out and
watch the selections of
winners," McKay said.
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City Offers Cleanup Help,
Renews Lease for Armory Use
CYCLE AC'TION-Motocross riders and
fans can enjoy the thrills and spills
Saturday during the official opening of
the Lions Club Motocross Park. Here Jim
Pennington, Rusk rider, takes a turn on
the newly constructed track, staff photo
Members of the Rusk
City Council granted $900
for use by the Civic Pride
Committee of the Rusk
Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday night in a meeting
during which they heard E.
R. Gregg, chairman, plead
for their support to make
Rusk "a more beautiful
community."
"No town is as beautiful
as Rusk," he said, "and we
will greatly appreciate
your help in doing what we.
are attempting."
Gregg asked for en-
forcement of existing ord-
inances which require
property owners to main-
tain areas within the City of
Rusk "free from stagnant
water, weeds, tall grass,
rubbish, brush and all
other objectionable, un-
sightly or unsanitary mat-
ter of whatever nature." A
second ordinance pertains
to seven foot high fenses
around areas described as
a "junk yard" which may
contain "old metal, scrap
iron, rags, bags, paper,
bones, second hand auto-
mobiles, automobile parts,
dismantled automobiles
and-or discarded articles of
such materials bought, sold
or kept."
The ordinances call for
assessment of fines rang-
ing up to $100 for violators.
Councilmen agreed to mail
letters to such persons
known to have unsightly
premises and give them an
oportunity to cooperate
voluntarily in the civic
beautification project.
"Our Bicentennial cele-
bration which includes the
prospect of thousands of
visitors to Rusk demands
that we present a pleasing
picture," explained Gregg.
He said that his committee
RSH Institutes
Security Changes
ELEMENTARY CLOWN WINNERS-Prize winners in the
Elementary Division of the Clown Contest are, left to right.
Eric Long, first: Windy Polk, second: Jeff Westbrook,
third; Traci Norton, fourth: Debra Ramey. fifth and Kathy
Townley, sixth. Standing back are Judges Lee Duran. Joey
Morris and Miss Cynthia Potter, students at i.on Morris
College in Jacksonville.
staff photo
Security at Rusk State
Hospital is receiving new
impetus under the leader-
ship of Dr. Robert B.
Sheldon, superintendent.
One of the most noticeable
changes is the uniform now
worn at Maximum Security
Unit personnel who were
formerly classified as
attendants and are now
called security officers.
"We feel that the
primary thrust at this point
in time is the change in the
kinds of patients we
receive. People are sent
here under indictment, but
incompetent to stand
trial," said Dr. Sheldon.
Behavior is unpredic-
table and the reason for the
uniform is to provide more
rapid identification of
hospital personnel, develop
better morale on the unit
and offer patients easier
recognition of limits and
authority figures, he ex-
plained.
Herbert Nichols is chief
security officer for the
MSU staff as well as the
rest of the hospital.
Security's task is also to
protect state property,
patients' relatives, visi-
tors, monitor traffic flow,
parking, and escort new
patients to admission.
Other duties will be
assistance with return of
escaped patients, and se-
curity for ward personnel
at night whose duties
require them to circulate
on the campus.
"The north gate entrance
to the hospital is closing at
6 p.m. and opening at 5
a.m. to regular traffic at
night. Walking patrol and a
patrol car are also on
duty," stated Dr. Sheldon.
"We plan to provide a
security check station for
all traffic at the main
entrance in the near
future."
The hospital superinten-
dent also announced that
the barbed wire is to be
removed from the top of
fencing around the MSU
facility. "This is not a
concentration camp. We
have drugs, professional
personnel, behaviorial
modification techniques,
the privilege step system
plus a structured environ-
ment which we feel is
adequate for the situ-
ation," he said.
Dr. Sheldon pointed out
that in September, the
beginning of a new fiscal
year, more positions for
MSU attendants will open.
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. Texas Park and Wildlife Department has approved this design publication following approval or the specifications In Austin. The
for a depot at the Rusk Terminal of Texas State Railroad. depot and train turn-around are to he located at the IM-acre Rusk
Architect. Stewart B. Lambert, released the drawing for City Park on I'.S. Highway M west.
This Issue
Salutes
Stock Show
Your attention is
directed to a supple-
ment in this edition of
The Cherokeean. The
tabloid features the 27th
annual Cherokee County
Junior Livestock Show
to tie held Friday at a
site one mile west of
Rusk on U.S. Highway
84.
The «vent is spon-
sored by the Cherokee
County Stock Show and
Exposition, Inc., whose
members have assisted
in the preparation of the
special publication. L.B.
Goleman Jr. of Turney
is chairman of the
organization's Commit-
tee for the county wide
Junior stock show.
was adding its support to
the Rusk Garden Club's
plan to seek the Governor's
Beautification Award.
Councilmen voted unani-
mously to support the
project with letters to
owners and enforcement of
existing city and state
ordinances.
In subsequent action, the
council heard Don Boyd
with the Manpower Educa-
tion and Training Program
request a renewed lease for
the use of the Armory
Building to continue its
vocational education train-
ing classes. He cited
statistics from the previous
fiscal year indicating that
several hundred have par-
ticipated in the various
See COUNCIL. Page 14
Saturday Only. ( irtuti Sjti'fiaI
Saturday will be your last chance to purchase
advance tickets to the Carson and Barnes five-ring
circus. Twenty Rusk business firms are co-operating in
a special promotion for that day only, to make it
possible for ticket buyers to receive an additional 50
cent discount. With your purchase of $5 or more from
the firms listed on the bottom half of page in this issue,
you will receive authorization for the special discount.
The Special Activities Committer of the Rusk
Chamber of Commerce, sponsors of the circus, will
have a ticket office on the Courthouse lawn Saturday to
accommodate last minute ticket customers. The
Chamber committee is receiving 50 per cent of
advance sales to assist with projects planned, and
encourage all circus attenders to buy tickets early to
help the committee.
With the 50 cent discount Saturday for adult tickets
only, the price is $2.50. At the gate, when the circus
opens Monday, adult tickets will be $4 and children
under 12, $2.
Koun 11
Town
Willi Mrs. Roundabout
Communication prob-
lem: "I know you believe
you understand what you
think I said, but I am not
sure you realize that what
you heard is not what I
meant."
Now, that little bit of
philosophy has been kick-
ing around several sea-
sons, appearing on cards,
plaques and diverse other
places where the reader's
eyes are likely to see it. At
first glance, it just sounds
funny in a rather truthful
way. But it got us to
thinking about our native
tongue--the English
language. We think we
understand it, don't we?
Well, o.k.. at least some of
it but the fact is. the
majority of our written and
spoken communication is
confined to a quite limited
vocabulary. As a point,
read the following which is
immediately ^anslated, so
don't quit on us!
For your edification, we
shall rise from our dor-
mant dorsal, and in the
best of iconoclastic fashion,
proceed to emendate our
prior effusive euphemisms
which have been electic
dogma offering denoue-
ments to nothing.
What'd she say??? Some-
thing like this: for your
Instruction, your writer
will kick her lazy habits
and with a new image, seek
to correct earlier gushy-
type expressions which are
her own selective beliefs
offering solutions to none of
the problems.
So there's more than one
way to skin a cat, and more
than one way to say the
same thing. And we know
you think you understand
what we said...
And that brings us back
to last week's treatise on
inflation and recession by
Mrs. Marie Isgate. More of
her discourse went like
this.
"Inflation is an increase
doubling the amount of
your Medicare Coverage.
Recession is finding out
that the cost of your
medical treatment has
tripled. Inflation is finding
out that your gasoline is
going to cost more.
Recession is finding out
that there is not much of it
to buy,anyway.
"Inflation is learning
that the price of sugar has
gone up again, and reces-
sion is being told that
you're to cook six pies for a
bake sale next day.
Inflation is finding out that
the price of coffee has gone
up when you were only
buying coffee to stay
awake nights trying to
figure out how to buy
sugar. Inflation is where it
costs you more to get your
income tax figured this
year, even though the
recession cut your profits
in half!"
So much for semantics
this week. Just remember,
"cooperation is doing with
a smile what you have to do
anyway!"
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