The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 17, 1977 Page: 3 of 14
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THE CHEROKEEAN OF RUSK. TEXAS, THUR8DAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1977-PAGE THREE
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7 th Grade Ma jorettes
The 7th grade majorettes, above, distinguished themselves in the Rusk Twirling Clinic held recently by getting a
I-Rating and winning a medal. The girls are sitting, 1-r, Lisa Wheeler, Tracy McNair; kneeling, Robin Ramy,
Nancy Starkey and Lesa Dyess; standing, Djuana Walker, Julie Buchanan, and Dede Gunter. Not pictured are
Kathy Sessions and alternate, I)edra Nelson. staff photo
County Officials, Architect
To Discuss New Jail Facility
Cherokee County com-
missioners agreed Tuesday
to have District Judge J.W.
Summers, County Judge
Orvan Jones and Sheriff
Danny Stallings meet to-
gether to decide what they
want in the county's pro-
posed new jailhouse before
consulting with architect
Grayson Gill, who origi-
nally designed the court-
house.
County Commissioner
Terry Perkins noted that
he wanted the commis-
sioners as well as the
county judge, district judge
and sheriff to meet with the
architect to save him from
making two trips to Rusk
for discussion purposes.
The new jail must meet
specifications set down by
the Texas Commission on
Jail Standards.
The state commission
passed the new standards
for jailhouse accommoda-
tions on Dec. 2:? and re-
quired that Texas jails
comply with the new regu-
lations. Judge Jones noted
that no compliance date
had been decreed by the
Texas Commission on Jail
Standards.
The commissioners have
tentatively planned to lo-
cate the new jailhouse uiL
the southside of the court-
house with room for park-
ing. The 2- or 3 story struc-
ture will contain 4B cells as
well as offices for the She-
riff's Office, Highway Pat-
rol. a laundry, a kitchen
and any other office space
deemed necessary.
"Before we lay a brick,
the commission must ap-
prove it. (The project di-
rector in the commission
office in Austin) will tell us
to conform to plan 44Z, for
instance, and he'll modify
our plans to meet his. We
sit here and bust our skulls
to decide what we need and
in the end they'll tell us
what we'll have," said
Jones.
Jones explained that they
were trying to keep away
from a 50-cell jailhouse
because when they went
over 50 cells the require-
ments were "a whole new
ball of wax."
Asked about the possibi-
lity of a regional jail shared
by a number of counties
and cities as is now being
proposed by State Rep. Ben
Z. Grant of Marshall, She-
riff Stallings responded, "1
don't want anything to do
with a regional jail." Com-
missioner Joe Henderson
and Jones concurred and
said they were trying to
stay away from the re-
gional jail concept.
Stallings noted that Rep.
Grant had brought the re-
gional jail bill up for con-
sideration in the legislature
because of the problems
with the jail in Jefferson.
He said the newly-built
$31)0.000 jail in Jefferson
was not meeting the new
standards and was "crack-
ing and they needed to
build another one." A re-
gional jail would help solve
the problem in Jefferson.
Judge Jones explained
they were already serving
Rusk. Jacksonville, Alto,
Wells, Reklaw. New Sum-
merfield, part of Troup and
part of Bullard as well as
the rural communities.
The court lamented the
many requirements being
placed on the new jailhouse
such as a multi-purpose
room, an exercise room, or
yard, a special corridor to
the county and district
courtrooms. segregated
cells for juveniles male and
female, cells for first of-
fenders. isolation cells,
each individual cells must
be separated by sight and
sound, and many other re-
quirements that a new jail-
house must meet.
The commissioners also
approved the purchase of a
77 GMC pick-up with
power streering and auto-
matic transmission for $4,
830 from Augustine Motor
Co. in Jacksonville for Pre-
cinct 1. Pearman Chevrolet
of Alto submitted the low
bid of $4,819 but Commis-
sioner William Kennedy of
Precinct I said he prefer-
red the larger GMC offered
as a bid from the Jackson-
ville car dealer.
In other action, the court
employed J.P. Acker Jr. to
appraise and purchase the
necessary land for airport
expansion at the Cherokee
County Airport; delayed
action on the purchase of a
chipper for Precinct 2 Com-
missioner Toby Sartain;
and agreed to purchase 130
(locals for county vehicles
for approximately $250.
In other business, the
commissioners awarded a
bid to East Texas Company
of Palestine for road ma-
terials; Uvalde Rock As-
phalt Company of San An-
tonio for pre-mix; Bryant
and Bryant of Henderson
for asphalt and oil; Texas
Steel of Marshall for metal
culverts; Cherokee Feed
Mill of Jacksonville for
cement culverts; Temple
Industries of Diboll for
lumber; and Lufkin Creo-
sote and Company for pi-
lings.
LMC Drive Nixed,
Housing Discussed
The Rusk Chamber of
Commerce turned down a
request to sponsor a scho-
larship lund drive for Lon
Morris College and heard
Bobby Tosh express sur-
prise at a report that the
Chamber is alleged to have
said he "can't build a house
in less than six months."
The board meeting of
Chamber directors was
held Monday noon. Dr.
Faulk Landrum. president
ol Lon Morris College in
U J. D. Bearden Furar
Furniture
We still make
house calls.
And you get much more
than furniture. We can
re-arrange your living
room so your parties
won't end up in the
kitchen. And we can show
you how tomixarare
antique into a modern
room. Or design a custom
bed. Or select wallpaper
for your foyer. Or recover
a hand-me down. And
well probably save y6u
time and mistakes.
FREE DECORATOR SERVICE AVAILABLE
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0m of Km tat mium «ttrtt In Hm eewtry.
Jacksonville, explained a
pilot program for aiding
students with costs of tui-
tion at LMC.
II was first recommen-
ded by Chamber president
Frank Summers that the
matter be referred to the
executive committee. How-
ever. a number of directors
lolt an immediate decision
should be made.
"We have two campaigns
underway now," said Hous-
ton White referring to Uni-
ted Way and the Boy
Scouts.
"Whore do we draw the
line'.' What are we going to
do for others who come to
us and ask for help," que-
ried Bill Holland. "This
could put us in a bad light
with Jacksonville's Baptist
College and Tyler Junior
College."
United Way was sugges-
ted by Ike Daniel as a
possible route to take, but
Mrs. Ginny Penny felt
otherwise. "They decide
who gets what." she said.
The directors voted to
reject the Lon Morris pro-
posal.
Bobby Tosh, a local buil-
ding contractor, said "I
want the Chamber to cor-
rect a story that 1 can't
build a house in less than
six months."
Indicating he had heard
the story originated in the
Chamber, he said, "this is
a surprise to me." He
explained that he is now
contracting work in Jack-
sonville and Tyler because
ho doesn't have enough
local contracts.
President Summers ex-
plained that what has been
discussed in previous
Chamber meetings was
based on "what new people
tell me."
Directors discussed the
problem of finding ade-
quate housing for new resi-
dents They uMreed that
more cooperation is needed
among realtors, contrac-
tors, businesses and indivi-
dual
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