The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 130, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 2, 1979 Page: 2 of 16
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PACK TWO-THE CHEROKEEAN OF RISK. TEXAS. THURSDAY. AUGUST J. I 7S
Point of View
Be Informed!
A few cases of rabies is enough
to start a widespread "scare
and it should be Even one
incidence of the disease indicates
that a carrier is present and the
virus may spread like wildfire
throughout the unprotected
animal population When such an
epidemic is eminent, one can
scarcely trust themselves with
any pet which has not received the
vaccine
The state Health Department is
concerned with educating the
public about rabies and has put
together several pamphlets which
answer a lot of questions and urge
rabies control The report
cautions against approaching
wild animals which appear
extraordinarily bold, friendly or
tame, or any night animal like a
fox or skunk which is seen in the
daytime. This atypical behavior is
often a sign of rabies
Pets that have difficulty
walking, eating or drinking or
show signs of excitement or
viciousness may also have the
disease. Any sudden change in
behavior may be a warning signal
that an animal has rabies.
A biting dog or cat should be
placed under observation for ten
days If it is alive and normal
after that period, it is safe to
assume the animal was not rabid
at the time of the bite This test is
not valid for livestock, wildlife or
bats
One of the greatest guards
against a rabies epidemic is
community control of pets and
wildlife. Registration and
licensing of all dogs and
immunization of all dogs and cats
over three months of age is
important The Health
Department stresses that annual
immunization is necessary to
protect against rabies Stray dogs
should be impounded and all
biting dogs and cats or suspects
should be quarantined for the ten-
days' observation period.
Unvaccinated dogs and cats
bitten by a known rabid animal
should be destroyed immediately
or. at the least, placed in strict
isolation for six months.then
vaccinated and confined for an
additional month before released.
Information on the rabies virus
and its control is available from
the Texas Department of Health,
distributed through the county
health department. Each citizen
and parent should seek an
education about rabies and work
toward the control of the disease
in his family and community.
Leon, Ethel Pledger Continue
Travels Through West Virginia
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following
travelogue is a continuation of a
sequence written by Ruskites Mr.
and Mrs. Leon Pledger, who are
vacationing in the East.
From Lexington we headed East
again into West Virginia whose
slogan is "Wild, Wonderful West
Virginia" and we would also add
beautiful We have decided it
should be called the "Up and
Down" state because it is truly up
one mountain and down another
and everybody really is a moun-
taineer
The two largest towns are Hunt-
ington. an industrial city in the
Ohio River valley, and Charleston
the State Capitol. We parked at
Fox Fire Camping Resort between
Huntington and Charleston so we
could make day tripe into each
city West Virginia's present cap-
itol is one of the nation's newest,
having been finished in 1932. It has
a 300-foot high gilded dome, the
largest of any other state capitol
building and is located on the
banks of the Kanawha River.
To go south from Charleston we
had to take Toll Road No. 77 into
coal mining country. Our destina-
tion was Beckley, "The City with a
Mine of It's Own." The mine was
given to the city by a local family,
and they have guided, mobile tours
through the coal mine. It contains
exhibits, machinery, a real cave-in
and passageways that depict the
progress of mining from pick and
shovel time to today's modern
mining. Our guide was an 83 year
old Negro former miner who had
worked over fifty years in mines
and could tell us many stories
about how it was in the mines in the
old times. You could tell that he
loved the mines even if it was hard
work, and his knowledge made the
trip more interesting for us.
It was in this region that West
Virginia's famous feud took place.
Some say it started over a disputed
hog, others say the ill-fated love ot
Roseann McCoy and Johnse Hat-
field caused it Whatever the rea-
son there was bad blood between
the West Virginia Hatfields and the
Kentucky McCoys for some forty
years This famous legend has
been portrayed on stage in Grand-
view State Hark for the past ten
years and is one of the summer
attractions of this area
From Charleston we traveled
north on 1-79, a new highway
through beautiful country with few
towns and villages We camped
near Morgantown where we visited
the campus of the University of
West Virginia The contrast bet-
ween the very old campus and the
ultra modern campus was very
interesting The old campus is
located in downtown Morgantown
and the new campus is outside the
city, both are connected by elevat-
ed remote controlled cars.
We made Wheeling our last stop
in West Virginia where we finally
got to see a glass factory in
operation. There are eight major
glass plants in this state and they
all take vacations the first two
weeks in July, but on Monday, July
16 we visited the Fostoria Glass
Company's Moundsville plant. Our
guide had worked most of his life in
glass plants and could tell us many
interesting facts about making fine
glass and could answer all the
questions even I could ask. The
crystal was beautiful and I want-
ed some of all of it.
Wheeling is located on the east
bank of the Ohio River and there is
an island in the middle of the river
where Greyhound Dog Races are
held all year long. Since dog racing
is not one of "Texas Biggest," we
decided we had better check it out.
Must admit it was fun, we didn't
bet but enjoyed the races and the
popcorn was good.
We will be keeping in touch,
Leon and Ethel
Singletary Memorial Library
Some new books that might
interest parents are:
Signals: What Your Child Is
Really Telling You, by Dr. Paul
Ackerman.
Troubled Children-Troubled Par-
ents: The Way Out, by Dr. Stanley
Goldstein.
Step-Families: A guide to work-
ing with step-parents and step-
children, by Dr. Emily Visher.
How to survive your child's
Rebellious Teens, by Myron Bren-
ton.
Ever Since Adam and Eve, the
satisfactions of housewifery and
motherhood in the age of do-your-
own thing, by Terry Hekker.
Marriage Is for Loving, by Mur-
iel James.
The Hyperactive Child, a hand-
book for parenta, by Dr. Paul
Wander,
We have been having a great
time at the Library this summer
with the special children's pro-
grams. Only three more Storytime
sessions remain for our younger
children ages 3 thru 6. We have
planned some stories, puppet show
and films until Tuesday, Aug. 14 at
10:30 a.m.
The older children, through sixth
grade have been busy all summer
with the Summer Reading Club.
We have over 100 boys and girls
who have been reading this sum-
mer. The closing date for the
reading club is August 10th. On
August 14th, all the boys and girls
who have read at least 12 books this
summer will attend a Movie Show
Time at the Library from 10:00-
11:00 a.m. Awards also will be
given for the studenta who have
read the moat books on their
reading level,
Lions Den RyE B- Musick jr.
Last nignt 1 lost Slu lu a one
armed bandit A gas pump And
when i( cumes to gas. the line we
resent most is the one we re getting
from Washington Both oí these
from Mr Bob Orben
Our guest last Thursday was Mr
Bob Clark the owner of the Bowling
deal from up Jacksonville way
A report of our swimming meet
from Lion President David Long
was that everything was perfect A
very fine affair with some 31
trophies presented and many cer
tificates given away Even had a
Beauty Contest Don t know who
onginated the idea but this was the
beginning of an annual affair we
hope and we congratulate those
who made it so successful Lion
Morris B Elliott said that if they
needed any more trophies that we
had some left over from the Motor
Cross days
We still need lights on the Girls
Balllieid ana mere was mucn
discussion about this
Lion Mike Sullivan made a re-
port on the Boy Scout Hul. concern-
ing the bad condition that it is in
and the amount of money it would
take to repair same Lion Presi-
dent Long stated (hat we had a
SI 79 in the treasurer and he did not
know how far that would go
Seriously it is a problem and if
anybody has an idea that would
help improve this hut. please ad-
vise our President
Lion Sullivan also stated that he
was in Court recently when many
persons were given probation The
Judge could not understand why
they were all Baptist He ask that
he contact some of the members of
the Rusk Lions Club and maybe
they could explain it to him
Our program was Ms Sally
Phillips and Mr Johnnv Williams
111 Ms Phillips has such s beauti-
ful voice and Johnny is such a fine
musician They gave some selec-
tions from the "Sound of Music"
that will be presented by our local
theatre group in the very near
future The first number was
Sound of Music." then "My Fav-
orite Things" and then a song
about lovers thai had plenty of
money (wouldn't that be nice')
and closed with "Climb Every
Mountain A most enjoyable pro-
gram and we know the play will
really be something else Ms
Phillips is a graduate of North-
western State University of La
and is a teacher of music in our
elementary and junior high school
Mr Williams grew up here in
Rusk, is a graduate of Stephen F
Austin University and is a Social
Worker at the Rusk State Hospital
To them we say "Thank you" so
much for coming our way
The young man realised that his
continual preoccupation with base-
ball was disrupting his Ufe. He
imagined himself on the mound for
the Yankees in the World Series or
hitting in the cleanup spot in an
All-Star game or making spectacu-
lar catches that ruined home runs
for Roger Maris and Mickey Man-
tle He thought he should take his
problem to a psychiatrist "The
thing has got so bad," he told the
doctor, "that I can't get to sleep
anymore thinking about baseball
and the part I play in it."
"Try this," said the doctor
"When you get into bed imagine
you have a beautiful and warm
young woman in your arms "
"But. if I do that." said the young
man. "I'd miss my turn at bat "
See you Thursday Noon Petticoat
Junction Restaurant
Help Is Offered by Genealogist
In Locating Your Kissin' Kuzzins
Carolyn Ericson
1814 Kedbud Street
Nacogdoches. Texas 75961
Seeking any information on my
grandfather Walter S GARLING
HOUSE, Sr , also known as "Cap-
tain Frank". He was in the 8th
Cavalry at Fort Clark, Bracket-
ville, Texas from 1879-1889. He
married Julia ALDER in Eagle
Pass, Maverick County in 1884 and
had five children.
Charles A Garlinghouse, 1746
Larchmont Court, Merritt Island,
Fla. 32952
I would like any information on
the descendants of Steve SULLI-
VAN who moved from Jefferson
Co., Alabama to Franklin Co.,
Texas before 1900.
A. Berry, 1199 Cooley Road, Live
Oak, Ca 95953
I have been working on the
HENNEMAN family tree off and
on for the past 30 years. I wander if
we may be from the same Roots?
Henry Peter HENNEMANN, my
great grandfather, was born on
January 27, 1M1, in Holzappel,
Germany. There are small towns
south of Koln on the Lahn River.
He came to America in the spring
of 1851 with his parents (John
Peter and Maria Elizabeth Tauf-
fenbach HENNEMANN) and two
brothers (Christian Carl, b. I Oct.
1834 and Henry Anton Earnest, b.
18 Dec. 1838) and two sisters (Kath
erine Sophia, b. 7 Oct. 1844 and
Louise Amalie, b. 27 Nov. 1847)
Henry Peter also had two brothers
John Peter William, b. 7 June 1829
and John Philip Christian, b. 18
September 1831, who came to
America before the spring of 1851.
They were supposed to have settled
in Texas or Oklahoma, but were
never heard from by Henry Petar
or his family
If you are working on a HENNE-
MANN Une, 1 would Hke to tear
from you.
Gyde E. Hemwman, 11155 tSrd
Ave. North, Seminole, Fla. SMS
My great-grandmother i
tha Angeline FAIN, I
Joel and Nancy LAY PAIN who
settled in Henderson Co. in about
1848-50 Martha married my great-
grandfather John ROBINSON (his
second wile) in IMS. I found Joel
FAIN In the UM Federal Cenia of
llendsmm Co. near the town of
PUnltude, Texas Joel Fain is
believed to have served In the
Texas Confederate Army (possibly
Hood's Brigade) as did his son,
James Berry FAIN and another
FAIN of unknown relationship. The
FAIN family had another son
named Martin plus another daugh-
ter named Mary Ann who married
Rev. i.C. WALKER The
WALKER famUy also moved to
Texas settling in Anderson County.
Joel FAIN supposedly died in 1884
in Texas and his wife, Nancy, died
in Arkansas in 1882 (?).
The father of Joel was William
FAIN who had seven sons and one
daughter. Their names were Joel,
John, Jesse, Abram, WUliam, Jr.
and supposedly Robert G. Berry
Fain. Our family records tell us
only that R.G.B. Fain was named
Berry Fain. Civil War and census
records disclose that a Robert G.B.
FAIN served as well as a Jesse and
perhaps others. All of the above
supposedly lived in or near Hen-
derson and Anderson Counties
WiUiam FAIN', father of Joel
fought in the Revolutionary War
along with his brothers, Samuel,
Thomas and Reuben and also John
WUliam was 2nd Lt. in the N C
Militia enlisting in Halifax, N C
Possibly sll of the brothers moved
to Texas
I am interested in finding des-
cendants of the above families For
the record, Martha and five child-
ren among whom was my grand-
father William Fain ROBINSON
Angus P Robinson, 14035 S
Stewart Ave , Riverdale, Illinois
60627
I sm looking for information on
an UNDERWOOD that married
Estelle Eugenie (TAYLOR)
POULTER about 1916 or later
Estelle's first husband was Ralph
POULTER Estelle and Ralph
were married in Waxahachie 1899
She was an Osteopathic Physician
in Dallas in the 1920's She also
lived in Van Alstyne, Texas after
she moved from Waxahachie. Her
last known address was 434 Wilson
Bldg , Dallas, Tex.
By her first marriage she had a
daughter, Violet POULTER, b
about 1902 Estelle was born ca
1881 in Cleveland, Bolivar Co., MS.
Her father was Armstead
TAYLOR, b 1853 probably in
Geveland, Ms He died sometime
after 1916 probably near or in
Waxahachie His wife was
BATEO (BATES. BATAO"*) She
died 1916 in Waxahachie Their
children were Leonard POUL-
TER. Estelle Eugenie, b 1881,
Hettie, b 1885. Bertha. 1887;
James R . 1889. George W . 1894
This information furnished by
the North American Benefit Asso-
ciation If Violet or her children
can be found, there is a small
amount of Estelle's life insurance
due them
I would also like information on
her second husband. Mr UNDER-
WOOD I have alot of information
on the UNDERWOODS, but not
much on the Texas clan 1 wtll
share this with anyone interested
in the UNDERWOOD family
Bruce Underwood, 931 Minerva
Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43229
I need informstion, parents,
brothers and sisters of WlUis
VAUGHAN and his brothers Ar-
thur. born ca 1797 in S C. Willis
came to Texas in 1833 to Psnola
County along with his wife PoUy
and her parents Any help on the
VAUGHAN family will be
appreciated
Betty V Smith, 6722 HoUy Grove,
Houston, Texas 77081
Let us help you find your
"Kissin' Kuzzins! There is no
charge for a query and it might
help you locate others who are
working on your family.
Letter to the Editor...
howard eox...
the Cheshire cherokeean
"The Dollar Goes Round"
In reply to the needs of the Rusk
people I am writing an open letter
to every Rusk Citizen.
The average individual does not
reaUze what spending his doUar in
his county means.
Lets say for example, you took
your dollar to the local hardware
store and purchased an item.
That local store owner would
take that doUar and spend it to buy
groceries at the local grocery
store.
That groceryman would take
that same doUar and give it as an
offering to the local church.
That local church would in turn
build up simUiar offerings to buy
some improvement for the church.
The Church would then send the
money out again to the businesses
so that the members could make
money and tithe to the church
again.
This is caUed "Growth" and if
we want it in Rusk, The Citizens
must realize that in order to have
more goods and services to choose
from they must support the local
merchant. For when that local
merchant has a faster turn over, he
makes enought profit to reinvest
in: More stock to choose from;
More competitive prices; More
employees and a bigger and better
store.
This doeen't mean that we won't
go on a shopping spree in one of the
DaUas or Houston malls; what it
does mean is that we will make an
earnest effort to lnv«t all the
DOLLARS we can In our own
community so Uiey will come back
to us in favors and services that we
would like convenient to us at
home.
Think of how convenient that
local merchant is when you need
him quick and don't have time to
drive 50 miles.
This is what you would have to do
if he goes out of business for lack of
your support.
Betty Pennington
A Local Merchant
Letters
Must Be
Signed
Letters to the editor of The
Cherokeean must be signed In
order to be printed, according to
the policy of this newspaper.
In the past few days, at least two
Interesting letters have been rece-
ived without having been signed. If
the two persons who wrote those
letters will come Into the news-
paper office and sign them, the
letters wUl be printed.
Letters to the editor should be no
more than 300 words In length, or
no more than two typewritten
papers, single-spaced.
Letters to the editor should be
sddressed to The Cherokeean, P.O.
Box 478, Rusk, Texas 75788.
The Last Summer
LEGAL NOTICE: Applications
are now being taken for the renew-
al of Human Being Permits. This is
the last summer of the decade and
time is short. Persons refusing to
fill out the renewal application wUl
automatically cease to be Human
Beings in 1980. Be prepared to
answer the following queations
when you apply: Have you loved
your brothers and sisters? Have
you uplifted their day-today lives?
Have you forgiven? Have you
given?
I'm glad that God doesn't give us
test like that. I don't think I'd pass.
But it is the curse of the human
species to have shoulders to look
back over. So I figure that it ia only
fitting that I take a quick look
behind me on this summer, the last
summer.
Funny how we capture life and
store it sway in our heads like each
moment of pleasure or pain was a
butterfly to be netted on the wing
and tucked into our collection for
some day some time.
I remember walking back in the
rain from nowhere in particular
with my footfalls for company and
my heart plowing little furrows
behind me. I remember promising
myself that this would never hap-
pen again, even if it meant becom-
ing the Ufe of the party.
And I remember breaking that
promise, over and over again,
because of what I am and the
things that I believe in.
i A wiff of an old familiar perfume
in a foreign crowd has blinded my
eyes with tears, but there have
been days when my heart was so
fuU of goodness that it broke and
splashed all over people. The
words at times have flowed from
my soul so fast that I could hardly
get them on paper, but I remember
days spent in a small cafe at a
corner table when I overdosed on
hot chocolate and kept ripping
pages out of a yeUow legal tablet in
the attempt to break writer's
block.
1 remember making my own
protest sign to combat the injus-
tices of our world. It read: Down
with anything contributing to the
human condition of loneliness. I
remember being Old Weird
Howard, a person who was okay
for talking to but when it comes
down to involvement, forget It. I
mean, you can't be serious.
I remember becoming H. Cox,
servant.
I guess in the end I feel like Bob
Greene must have felt. "Some
people are lucky: there are a lot of
times when I think that I am one of
them.",
I hope yod've been lucky, too.
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The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 130, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 2, 1979, newspaper, August 2, 1979; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth151343/m1/2/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.