The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 128, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 10, 1977 Page: 2 of 14
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PAGE TWO-THE CHEROKEEAN OF RUSK. TEXAS. THURSDAY. MARCH 1*. Itn
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Veil- o, Jimmy?'
Pres. Jimmy Carter ¡$ putting the
"We the People" bock in the
running of the U.S. government os
evidenced by lost Saturday's "Ask
President Carter" 2-hour program.
Pres. Carter answered 42 ques-
tions in the unprecedented rodio
phone-in program from common
everyday people like you and me.
By simply dialing the toll-free
number 900-242-1611, a citizen
could find out where the President
of the United States octually stood
on an issue. Amazing.
The ex-Georgia peanut farmer
needs to be given a giant pat on the
back for putting credibility into the
White House. The policy points he
mode were that he would soon try
to moke relations with Cuba more
normal; no more Vietnam-ero par-
dons would be given outside of his
earlier announced pardons; said he
would propose changes before
September to America's income tax;
and more.
Even the questions he couldn't
answer off the cuff, he told the
questioners he would have on
expert in the field call them
Monday.
If Pres. Carter continues running
his administration in an "open
presidency" format, the American
people might have finally gotten an
adminstration that listens to their
problems.
Congratulations, Mr. President,
you're off to a flying start.
Keep Embargo Act
Fidel Castro's Cuban regime has
fanned revolution in many Central
and South American countries
including Africo. Communist Cuba is
well into training guerrilla tactics to
its youths then sending them off to
kill democracy wherever it grows in
neighboring countries.
Pres. Jimmy Carter is considering
burying the hatchet with the
Cubans...but what Carter seems
to have forgotten is that Com-
munist Cuba wants to plant that
hatchet in America's back.
The president has told the Ameri-
can public that his administration
will press to get talks going with
Cuba soon over hijacking agree-
ments, fishing rights and increased
visitation and he "would not be
adverse in the future" to discussing
possibilities for restoring all U.S.-
Cuba relations to normal.
Remember Cuba, Mr. President?
They're the ones in Angola and the
same ones 'offering to fight any
Western-backed forces in Africa.
Remember the early '60's when
the nuclear missies placed on Cuban
soil almost ended in World War III,
which would have been the end of
the world as we know it?
The United States still has a Naval
Base in Guantanamo Bay and the
stream of freedom-seeking Cuban
citizens coming through minefields,
guard dogs, hostile gun-toting Cu-
ban soldiers and unfamiliar terrain
is constant.
Remember when Castro allowed
those Cubans wanting to leave his
country to go and the requests were
so overwhelming they had to
discontinue the program?
The Cuban National television
network even goes after the minds
of the kiddies by interspersing,
cartoon shows with patriotic mes-
sage interruptions to support the
revolution. Soap operas on Cuban
stations invariably show the worker
versus an American-loving no ac-
count.
As a serviceman in Guantanamo
Bay for six months in 1969, this
reporter observed the Communist
regime at work in all its ugliness.
Pres. Carter, re-new the reciprocal
anti-hijacking agreement in April
with Cuba. Come to an agreement
on overlaping ocean boundaries, but
do not repeal the American Trade
Embargo Act which the U.S. imposed
on a hostile nation.
One more thing, Mr. President,
remember the young freedom-loving
guerrilla who came out of the Sierra
Madras to oust Batista and his
corrupt regime in the '50s? Fidel
Castro was his name and he sold his
people's freedom to the Soviets.
Can you really trust such a man,
Pres. Carter? Obviously not.
from the
Lions Den
By E.B. Mustek Jr.
We appreciate good old
Lion George Dodd for wri-
ting the Lions Den this
week. From Tony Randall:
"If I were ruler of the
universe I would eliminate
the following: fat women in
stretch pants and women
walking in public with cur-
lers. I absolutely hate it."
To which some of the Lions
would say Amen.
Mrs. Mary Buchanan,
Rusk Chamber of Com-
merce Manager, was our
guest speaker. She started
by asking the question:
What is a Chamber of
Commerce? She said that
there is several answers.
One is, a group of concer-
ned people working toge-
ther for a better com-
munity. Mrs. Buchanan
said that there were two
paid employees in the
chamber but that most of
the work was done by the
members. Last year the
chamber had about 20 com-
mittee* with aome commit-
tee* not funetioning at all.
This year the new Chamber
Preoldont, Mr. Prank Sum
mera, haa consolidated
some commUleee and put
them into dlviawna «orne
of the divisions are Trade,
Industrial, Tourist, Youth
Chamber of Commerce,
Agriculture, Transporta-
tion, Governmental, and
Membership. These and
others go together to make
up a well rounded Chamber
of Commerce. Communi-
cation is one of the most
important functions of the
chamber. Keeping the
membership aware and up
to date of the activites of
the chamber is accomp-
lished by letters, phone
calls, speaking to civic
clubs as Mrs. Buchanan did
today. The chamber re-
ceives all kinds of requests
in the mail each day asking
for Information. The cham-
ber office answers each
letter if possible or will
contact the agency that will
have the information that
the person wants. The
question was asked by one
of the members: "What is
the money used for that is
received from the Arts 4
Crafts Fair?" Mrs Hu
chanan said that some of
the money waa uaod to pay
for city mapa, brochure,
and other type* of adverti-
sing. Also some of the
members of the Tourist
committee have been to
four travel shows over the
state to promote Rusk and
East Texas and some of the
money is used to pay their
expenses. Some of the
money is in CD's to be used
only for advertising the
train and Rusk City Park.
We enjoyed very much
having Mrs. Buchanan as
our speaker and hope she
will be with our chamber of
commerce along time.
A mountain boy had
come home from college
and his grandpa asked,
"Whatcha larnin', son?"
He told him French, En-
glish. Algebra. "Say some-
thing in Algebra son," Not
wanting lo let the old man
down the boy thought a
moment and said, "Pl-R-
Square," The old man ex-
ploded, "If that's what
they're teaching you, you
may as well quit right now.
Everyone knows pie are
round. Corn bread are
square "
See You Thursday Noon
New Southern Motor Motel
New Cherokee Book-
First Edition for sale Ge-
nealogy oí Old And New
Cherokee Indian Families
by George Mormon Bell.
Sr. published in August
1972 Hard back, title &
Cherokee Nation Seal in
gold letters on front cover,
over 600 pages Genealogy
on 700 family groups listed
alphabetically in section
one, historical events &
activities make up section
two with 42 pages of pic-
tures in the picturial sec-
tion Birth and death dates
on the 700 families range
from 1625 to 197! The old
families were born in the
Cherokee Nation East
(North and South Carolina.
Tennessee. Georgia & Ala-
bama' The new families
were born in the Indian
Territory which is now Ok-
lahoma. All books are auto-
graphed
There are only a few
copies left of this valuable
book If you are interested
in the Cherokee Indians or
hav-. an Indian grand-
mother, perhaps you will
want a copy of this book for
your library.
Price $25.00. plus SI.00
postage and handling. Send
your check or purchase
order to George M. Bell's
Book Sales. 812 South Se-
neca. Bartlesville. Okla-
homa 74003.
A new genealogical so-
ciety which has just been
organized is The Texas
City Ancestry Searchers.
They have 32 members at
present and have alot of
projects going. They are
indexing all of the cemete-
ries in Galveston County.
Two of their members
write a column in their
newpaper "The Daily Sun.
If anyone would like to send
in queries, they are free,
but must be 75 words or
less. Mail these queries to
Ella Lee Sheffield, 1215
25th Ave N., Texas City,
Texas 77590.
Richard Fields, Sr. was
an Englishman who mar-
ried Susannah Emory
Stuart who was U Chero-
kee. She was the daughter
of William and Mary Grant
Emory. This couple were
the parents of seven chil-
dren who were '« Chero-
kee. The oldest son was
Richard Fields, Jr. who
was born in the Cherokee
Nation East, Tennesee. In
1799 Richard Jr. was acting
as an interpreter for Major
Ix-'wis at Tellico Block-
house. in Tennessee. He
seems tu have quite a
traveller. I believe that by
1804 he had been to Mis-
souri with his brother, John
Fields.
In about 1808 or 1890 he
went to Arkansas; from
there, in 1811, he went to
present-day Webster Pa-
rish. Louisiana; next, in
about 1818. to Texas. His
Kuntsler
Talk Set
AtSFA
William M. Kuntsler,
trial lawyer and negotiator
for defendants in the Attica
State Prison rebellion, will
speak on the Stephen F.
Austin campus at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday. March 17, in the
University Center Main
Ballroom.
Kuntsler has served as
defense lawyer for Daniel
and Phillip Berrigan and
other members of the Ca-
tonsville Nine accused of
destroying draft records in
1968. He has also worked on
the Harlem 5 case known
as "Conspiracy to Kill a
Cop a Week" and the Har-
lem 6 "Murder Case of
White Women."
Kunstler has also defen-
ded Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr., the Chicago Se-
ven, Adam Clayton Powell
and racial activists Rap
Brown and Stokley Car-
michael.
Sponsored by the Univer-
sity Center Ideas and Is-
sues Committee. Kunt-
sler's presentation is free.
brother. George Fields,
was in the War of 1812, and
his military record is oe %
file * J
During his lifetime Ri-
chard Fields. Jr had at
least five children; Eliza-
beth Hicks Vann. Chero-
kee. by whom he had three
children: Nancy Brown
Timberlake. by whom he
had four children: and
Grappe. the
daughter of Francois
Grappe There were no
children by the fourth mar-
riage
Fields made a trip or two
to Mexico to see the offi-
cials about securing a
grant for his Cherokee peo-
ple in Texas He was in
Mexico City in 1822 He
may have been there for as
long as a year. He became
involved with Hayden Ed-
wards in the Fredonian
Rebellion and was murde-
red by members of his own
tribe When Fields was
murdered in Rusk County.
Texas, near the town of
Pirtle. it is possible that tus
wife and some, or all. of his
fe-teri minor children went
to live with or near Fran-
cots Grappe in Natchi-
toches La Some Fields
descendants are probably,
therefore, still in the Nat-
chitoches area
Fields joined the York
lodge of free masons while
in Mexico and at the time of
his death was a master
mason He labored ear-
nestly and faithfully for the
best interest of his people
as he understood them. He
appears to have been able
to speak English, but could
not write his name.
At the time if the Fredo-
nian Rebellion. Peter Ellis
Bean Indian agent for the
Mexican government, per-
suaded Chief Bowles to
abandon the insurgents,
and propitiat the govern-
ment by sacrificing Hunter
and Fields Hunter was
murdered within twenty-
five miles of Nacogdoches
Fields fled but was over-
taken and suffered a simi-
lar fate. He is reported, to
have been buried in Nacog-
doches County.
The Southeast Texas Ge-
nealogical and Historical
Society presents its Fifth
Annual Genealogical Con-
ferences-Saturday April 2,
1977 at the Red Carpet Inn,
Beaumont The hours are
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The
guest speaker will be Dr.
E. Russell Williams, Jr.
speaking on the South At-
lantic coastal states-Vir-
ginia. North and South Ca-
rolina and Georgia. Dr.
Williams is an Associate
Professor of History at
Northeast Louisiana Univ.
The second speaker will be
Joyce Calhoon. Archivist
for the new Sam Houston
Regional Library at Li-
berty. Texas.
Registration for the Con-
ference is $9.50 which in-
cludes a buffet lunch. If you
are interested, mail regis-
tration with payment to
Conference Registration.
Farming Today
with
Johnnie McKay
John Barton, chairman
of the Cherokee County
Program Building Com-
mittee has called a meeting
of this group for Thursday
night. March 10 at 7:00
p.m. in the community
room of the Citizen's State
Bank in Rusk. Four items
are on the agenda for the
meeting:
-Review and discuss the
recently completed "Long
Range County Program".
-Hear a committee re-
port on progress of a
County Community Servi-
ces Directory being propo-
sed by a committee headed
up by George Dodd of
Rusk.
-Preview a slide-tape
overview of a Community
Leadership development
clinic and consider value of
such a clinic in the county.
-Discuss Insecticide Ap-
plicator Certification train-
ing meetings.
This County Program
Building Committee is
composed of 32 persons
from various parts of Che-
rokee County. The commit-
tee periodically studies the
county situation, identifies
problems, sets goals for
solving these problems and
appoints committees to
work on problems where it
does not duplicate the ef-
forts of some existing
group. County Extension
Agents in Agriculture and
Home Economics work
with the committee and its
sub-committees in working
in the areas of Agriculture
and Agribusiness, Family
Living, Youth Develop-
ment. Intensified Farm
Planning and Community
Resource Development.
Last Friday was the
deadline for youngsters in
Cherokee County to mail
their entrees for the Chero-
kee County Jr. Livestock
show to be held Friday,
March 18 at the Armory in
Jacksonville. On Monday
of this week, we had 108 4-H
and FFA members enter-
ing a total of 125 animals in
the show. Twenty-nine of
these entrees are from 4-H
clubs, with the remaining
entrees coming from six
FFA Chapters in the
County and FFA members
living in the county but
going to school outside the
county.
The entrees are broken
down into 76 beef, 18 Dairy,
23 swine, and 8 horse. A
total of forty-four beef and
swine entrees were listed in
the slaughter classes. The
last special meeting of the
Jr. Livestock Show com-
mittee chairmens headed
by Henry Corbell is sche-
duled for Monday night,
March 14at7:00p.m. in the
Texas Bank and Trust buil-
ding in Jacksonville. Final
plans will be made for the
Show to be held the follow-
ing Friday. March 18.
The Cherokee County
Soil and Water Conserva-
tion District board met
Monday night. February 28
for their regular monthly
business meeting, with
Foster Brewer, chairman,
presiding. Major items dis-
cussed were the Conserva-
tion essay contest, the an-
nual awards program ten-
tatively scheduled for May
13 and Soil Stewardship
observance, also scheduled
for May.
Others present for the
meeting were district di-
rectors Cecil Goodman of
Wells. Jim Tarrant of
Troup, Grady C. Singletary
ol Alto and Roland Adams
ol Jacksonville. Also pre-
I'res. Jimmy Carter
seems to have opened the
door to public input as was
shown last weekend with
his "Ask President Carter''
phone-in radio program.
Stop lor a minute and think
what you might have asked
lli.e President ol the United
Slates.
All types of socio-eco-
nomic intellectual ques-
tions came to my mind but
once the President of the
U.S. of A. would've come to
the phone I know what
would have come out of my
mouth. "Uh. uh-h-h,
hcllo-o, uh. Pres. Ford, er,
I mean. Jimmy. Mr. Kot-
ter. sir. How's the, uh,
weal her in. uh. Georgia, I
mean Washington, sir? Do
you favor, uh-h. Planters'
peanuts over regular goo-
bers. uh. sir?"
Yeah, thai would have
been my typical presence
ol mind-always cool hea-
ded-never ratlled-res-
ponse. With my luck the
President would probably
have reversed the charges
on the phone call!
KTLl's Hob Rogers
came up with one of those
rare gems he's so noted for
not so long ago. Seems we
were discussing the dif-
ference in hard and soft
water and Bob noted he had
experienced some really
hard' water in West Texas.
Acting the part of a
straight man, Texas Twis-
The Cherokeean
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Subscriptions Hules Payable In Advance
t liei okee <'mini) uud Trade Areas, IS per annum
Outside Cherokee County, It per annum
sent were Bill Cromer, Dis-
trict Conservationist, Soil
Conservation Service, W.S.
Knapp. secretary for the
district and Johnnie
McKay. County Extension
Agent.
Morris Dixon, member-
ship chairman for the Che-
rokee County Farm Bureau
reported at their board
meeting last Thursday
night that 40 new members
had been signed during a
recent drive. Foster Bre-
wer, president of the local
Bureau says this gives
them over 1800 total mem-
bership in the county.
Rusk Folks
Mrs. Edna McRoberts of
Flint, Michigan is a guest
of her son and daughter-in-
law Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Clayton and son.
Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Jones,
Jr., 4570 Galveston Street,
Beaumont, Texas 77703.
Sounds like an interesting
day. Make your plans to
attend this meeting.
Letter •••
to the editor
March 4,1977 '
Dear Editor,
I am sending my check
for The Cherokeean for
another year.
We enjoy rending of our
friends ana often wish I
could be there to enjoy
visits with them-and during
our snow storms here I
wished for Texas sunshine.
We have had such a cold
winter, but we can now see
the ground The first time
in some time.
Thanks for The Chero-
keean and Rusk friends
Sincerely,
Grace Castner
Chatham, Mass..
Reunion
Slated
AtN. L.
In 1937, a tragedy occur-
red. New London School at
New London, Texas ex-
ploded.
For the first time in 40
years, the survivors of the
New London School Explo-
sion. ex-students and fa-
culty are holding a reunion.
At 2 p.m.. March 19, 1977,
memorial services will
once again be performed
lor the many students and
teachers who lost their
lives that day.
Interested parties, press,
ex-students, should contact
the following for reserva-
tions for the dinner to be
held after the services:
Louise (Brown) Frank,
1G00 S. Jones, Apt. 230,
Arlington, TX 76013,
Phone: (817) 460-4931. Or,
Mrs. Marie (Steele) Hood,
1204 W. Euless Blvd., Eu-
less. TX 76039, Phone:
18171 283-4489 or 283-7584.
Texas
Twister
by Dan Kellum
Ut asked, "Just how hard
was the water?"
"The water was so
hard,'' Bob returned,
"that I got knuckle knots on
my head."
Now folks, that's pretty
hard.
You've heard the expres-
sion, "Say what you mean
and mean what you say."
Well, invariably there are
those folks who know what
they mean but don't quite
convey the same thought to
another party.
In the mighty State of
Oregon, they're working to
corner the market on un-
clear meaning. A case, or
cases, in point is reflected
by letters received by their
Welfare Department. Read
the messeges below and
see if you really know what
the sender meant to say.
"In accordance with
your instructions, I have
given birth to twins in the
enclosed envelope."
"MrsiJones has not had
any clothes for a year and
has been visited regularly
by the clergy."
"I am forwarding my
marriage certificate and
my three children; one of
which is a mistake as you
can see."
"This is my eighth child.
What are you going to do
about it?"
"I am very much anno-
yed to find that you have
branded my son illiterate.
This is a dirty lie, as I was
married a week before he
was born."
"I cannot get sick pay. I
have six children. Can you
tell me why?"
"You have changed my
little boy tu a girl. Will this
make any difference?"
"I want money at quick
as lean get It. 1 have been
in bed wlUt the doctor for
two weeks and he doean't
do me any good. If the
things don't improve, I will
have to send for another
doctor."
Hm-m-m, the Klutz Un-
clear Writing Award would
have to go to the last writer
mentioned Those were
real letters by real people
and were really confusing!
Imagine what a time the
Oregon Welfare Depart-
ment worker had in an-
swering the queries? Won-
der what his replies were to
the letter writers?
The Klutz Silent Bell
Award goes to Rusk's Ge-
neral Telephone office on
6th Street. Seems the local
telephone office has an un-
published and unlisted tele-
phone number. If you want
to have a phone installed or
removed, you have to ei-
ther call a toll-free number
in Kilgore or visit their
Rusk office.
Ah-h-h, come on "GTE,
not having a telephone lis-
ted in the telephone com-
pany office is like Baskin-
Robbins not having any ice
cream or a Pizza Inn with-
out Pizzas. We'd call you
up to tell you the Klutz
Silent Bell Award is all
yours, but, gee whiz, the
operator won't give us your
number.
DART to Dan Kellum for
writing that the Rusk Ele-
mentary School wouldhave
an Open House from 7-11
p.m. Thursday in obser-
vance of Public School
Week. Wrong. The Open
House begins at 7 p.m. and
ends not so long after that.
Principal Dick McGaughey
brought this to my atten-
tion after several teachera
questioned him about a
"four hour Open House." I
guess 1 ain't quiet got the
Keng's Inglish down pat
yet enuf to get my facta
■irate. Next time, tea-
cher'a, I'll try to make •
mistake in your favor to
even things up a bit.
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