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TEXAS PRESS
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AWARD WINNER
1976
Vol. 127
Number 22
The Cherokeean
Texas' oldest weekly newspaper, established as the Cherokee Sentinel, Feb. 27, 1850
Rusk, Texas, Thursday, July 22, 1976
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Army Worms . . . Rampant
Bill Cromer's hand is the background for a number of the Army Worms which his yard has played host to the past
few days. Cromer, Soil Conservation Service supervisor, lives off U. S. Highway 84 west of Rusk, lie joins County
Agent Johnnie McKay in recommending daily checks of yards, pastures and meadows. McKay's Farming Today
column, page 12, gives further information.
-staff photo
Board Action Includes
Hiring of Personnel
Action of the Rusk School
Board Monday night
included approval of
committee reports,
amendment of the budget,
hiring of personnel and
salary adjustments.
Approved as recom-
mended were reports from
committees on Crime
''Round
Town
With Mrs. Roundabout
So...the Viking space-
craft has landed on Mars!
At long last, some of the
mystery surrounding the
red planet may be answer-
ed. And while scientists
search for that data, will
someone tell us what useful
purpose the Army Worm
serves'1
This page you will see a
photo of the little critters.
They can eat up a pasture
of bermuda in a matter of
days! County Agent John-
nie McKay explains how to
check your property and
what to do in his column
this week, page 10.
..Army Worms tradition-
ally arrive in the fall. And
it seems they have been
making their presence
known for quite a long
time. From the Cherokee
Sentinel. May 10. 1856. this
news item about the creepy
crawler
"The Army Worm-An
extraordinary account has
been furnished the New
Orleans Delta. h\ a
gentleman living in the
Parish of St. Charles, to the
effect that in the neighbor-
hood of Boutte's Station
some twent> miles from
the city, on the Opelousas
Railroad, an army of
worms has made its
appearance in such incred-
ible numbers as to cover
the ground adjoining (he
Railroad cars, to a depth of
several inches. The
account says that it took at
least two hours to travel
the distance of five miles--
the greasy substance of the
insects adhering to the
wheels, and removing
therefrom all the power of
friction.
"They have stripped, and
still are stripping the
leaves and bark off the
trees, destroying fields and
gardens under a state of
cultivation, and are com-
mitting damages of a very
serinus character. It is
stated the houses and tops
of the chimneys are liter-
ally covered with myriads
of them, and the least
smoke causes them to fall
into the cooking utensils."
This is a Rusk re-write in
IS.'ili of a news item from
the New Orleans publica-
tion. Sounds like the same
worm, but possibly, like the
early pioneer, he was a
little tougher then. So much
for the Army Worm 12
years ago! Of more signifi-
cance is what to do when
the I!I7(> Species comes
calling!
This reminder. Don't
forget we're on top of the
deadline to buy a limited
edition printing of the late
Mrs. Hattie Joplin Roach's
book. "Hills of Cherokee."
Send check for $10 to Mrs.
Walter H. Meyers Jr.. Box
590. Rusk. 75785 before
Aug. 1 This is a rare
opportunity for you to own
a book, the only book,
which contains a compre-
hensive history of Cher-
okee County!
Turn your thoughts to
travel...vacation. No doubt
you already have, or will
spend some time away
from home during these
summer months. OK...
folks who live away from
here are thinking about our
area for a vacation! The
Chamber office received
inquiries Monday from
Alaska and Hawaii. How's
that for making us feel
good? Our every day rou-
tine may be another
person's dream.
With that thought
planted, let Ralph Waldo
Emerson say it better.
"The difference between
landscape and landscape is
small but there is a great
difference in the behold
ers."
I'nitl next week?
-marie whitehead
Prevention, Drug Educa-
tion and Career Education.
The budget was amended
to cover an underestimated
area and the budget for the
coming year was
discussed. The discussion
was preliminary and no
final action was taken.
Personnel hired by the
Board include Alva Jones
of Alto, speech therapist
for the Special Education
Coop; Ann Gilchrist, fourth
grade elementary; and
Karry K. Carlton and
Cynthia A. McCauley.
Special Education for
Wells.
In other action concern-
ing personnel, the Board
released G. M. Berry,
Building Trades instructor,
from contract at his
request and granted one
year leave of absence to
Mrs. Cunningham of Wells.
Discussion of custodians'
salaries resulted in an
adjustment of $5.454
annually for full-time
custodian. The Board
approved the appointment
of Mrs. Rena McGaughey
Retail-Trade Meet
Scheduled Friday
Members of the Rusk
Chamber of Commerce
Retail and Trade Commit-
tee will meet at 9 a.m.
Friday in City Hall to dis-
cuss a Back-to School Sale
and a Sidewalk Sale.
The Back-to-School Sale
is planned for early
August. Dates and
promotional ideas are to be
discussed at Friday's
meeting, according to Glen
Miller, committee chair-
man.
The Sidewalk Sale is
planned especially for the
Winnebago Rally which
will be held September 24
26 at Rusk City Park
Hospitality door prizes for
approximately 250 visitors
are planned Truns|>orta-
tion is to be provided the
campers from the City-
Park to downtown Rusk
"Some merchants are
considering the extension
of their week-d.A hours to
promote shopping in
Rusk." said Miller. This
will also be discussed at the
meeting he added.
Oil Company Purchases
Options on 26,000 Acres
Options to buy land for
lignite mining in Cherokee
County has generated more
than $5 million in revenue
for some 26,000 acres
acquired according to an
executive of Transeontin-
ent Oil Co.
Charles Hughes, execu-
tive for Transcontinent Oil
Co. headquartered at the
New Southern Motor Hotel
here, said his company's
operations are approxi-
mately 50 per cent
completed. His staff of 20 is
presently engaged in buy-
ing options to purchase
land for lignite mining in
the northeast part of the
county near Concord The
work force has been
located here since
January.
Transcontinent is strictly
a land service company,
according to Hughes. The
Cherokeee County land
options are being pur-
chased for Carter Oil Co.. a
wholly-owned subsidiary of
Exxon. Inc. I .and set aside
by options will be mined
later at the discretion of
Carter Oil Co.
"We will probably be
here a year from now , but
with a reduced number of
personnel." Hughes
explained He descril>ed
the work remaining as
"the slower half "
According to Tom
Kendall of Cherokee
County Abstract, the usual
procedure for exercising
an option involves several
steps A company may
purchase an option to buy
land, as Transcontinent Oil
Co is doing, for an option
price The company may
renew the option each year
for an additional fee. At the
time the company decides
to exercise the option, the
landowner usually receives
the purchase price per
acre, plus a royalty. When
mining is completed on a
plot, the company usually
Outdoor Advertising
For Park Discussed
as cheerleader sponsor and
a supplementary salary
was set.
A bid of American
Business Products of Tyler
was accepted for
typewriter repair and
maintenance. Approval of
the free lunch schedule was
struck from the agenda
since the schedule was not
received.
Discussion on
reappraisal of all property
in the Rusk Independent
School District focused on
the possibility of obtaining
cooperation of the County
Commissioners Court
with assessments since the
county is currently
engaged in a reassessment
program. The Board
expressed hopes that
reappraisal for the county
will be expedited.
Superintendent J. M.
Boone said a meeting may
be called in 8-10 days to
discuss personnel for the
coming year The next
regular meeting will con-
vene after the beginning of
school.
Outdoor advertising for
the Rusk City Park was
discussed in detail Tuesday
night by members of the
park's Board of Managers
and the newly named Tour-
ism Development Advisory
Board for the City of Rusk.
The need for billboards to
aid traveling campers had
been discussed at last
week's City Council meet-
ing. The two groups, meet-
ing jointly, considered pro-
posals by two firms. No
action was taken to negoti-
ate a contract, however the
park board voted to re-
commend that the Advi-
sory Board pursue a plan
from one of the agencies,
with the cooperation of the
Rusk Chamber's Tourist
Committee.
Gene Kelley, park board
chairman, presided at the
meeting in community
room of First State Bank
and welcomed Dr. Jim
Fisher, chairman, Glen
Stanley. Mmes. Sarah
Summers and Dorothy
Jackson of the Tourism
Advisory Board.
"We haven't held our
first initial meeting to or-
ganize," said Dr. Fisher.
"Our first meeting will be
at 4 p.m. Monday in City
Hall," he said. Frank Sum-
mers was appointed by
Chairman Kelley to meet
with the Advisory Board.
Signs within the city
limits of Rusk, as well as
internal directive signs at
the park, were cited as
areas of need. Bill Draper
and Frank Summers were
appointed by the chairman
to direct this work
The board also author-
ized the installation of a
light at the park's entrance
with a new sign to de-
signate the facility.
The agenda for the three
and one-half hour session
covered a wide range of
concern.
"Now that we have de-
veloped the park to this
point, we feel that it would
be a matter of convenience
to campers and more ef-
ficient management to
change the site for the
swimming pool," said
Chairman Kelley. Many
members expressed agree-
ment that the original loca-
tion by the Activity Center
was not the most desirable.
The board voted to request
permission from the Texas
Parks and Wildlife De-
partment to move the pool
to an area near the Group
Shelter building, as well as
the tot lot area for play-
ground equipment.
Rates for the park's use
by campers were reviewed
and these changes approv-
ed: $4 for the primitive
area; $4 for Group Shelter
and $5.50 for pull-through
pads. "All areas serve
campers with water and
See PARK, Page 12
restores the land and
resells it to the landowner
for a nominal fee, some-
times as little as $1 per
acre. Kendall said
Government regulations
now require any company
involved in strip mining to
restore the land.
According to Kendall,
lignite mining in the county
will be a tremendous boon
and is already pouring
dollars into the county.
Lignite is a form of coal.
No other portions of the
county are being consider-
ed for lignite exploration at
this time, according to the
Transcontinent executive.
The energy crisis spur-
red a renewed interest in
lignite as a source of fuel
for power plants convert-
ing from natural gas. The
growing Interest in lignite
has peaked with a purchase
by oil and utilities
companies of most avail-
able land for lignite
mining. An official of
Texas Utilities Fuel Co.
believes that coal leasing in
Texas has reached its
peak
Texas Utilities has
recently purchased acre-
age in northwest New
Mexico which has yielded
500 million tons with an
option for an additional 300
million tons. The coal will
he shipped to Texas in
early 1980's to supply fuel
for new power plants and
plants converting from
natural gaa.
People Enjoy Rusk City Park
Travel Club Campers
Visit Rusk City Park
Members of the East
Texas Travel Club joined
several independent
campers for a weekend at
Rusk City Park Saturday
and Sunday. The group
consisted of 20 camper
units, some of which
arrived Friday and
remained through Sunday.
Camper tourists from
Kalamazoo, Michigan were
also guests at the park and
were especially compli-
mentary of the park's
facilities, said Tommy
Kelley. park employee
Camper guests who
arrived Monday are
expecting friends to join
them this weekend for a
stay which could extend for
as long as a month.
On the schedule for
camping in the near future
is a heavy concentration of
campers for Labor Day
weekend and the East
Texas Good Sams in
August. In September,
visits are scheduled by the
Piney Woods Ramblers,
the Caravan Club of Tyler,
East Texas Lake Unit and
Winnebago owners for a
state rally. VW Campers
plan to visit the park in
October
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. . . And Ducktt Find the Lake Great!
A family from Irving, near Dallas, spent last weekend at Rusk City Park and
enjoyed the newlv opened earn ping facility. Four ducks, donated to the
recreational complex, add Interest for visitors at the IS-acre lake. --staff photo
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