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The Cherokeean
Texas' Oldest Weekly Newspaper
Established as the Cherokee Sentinel, February 27,1850
Home of the
Texas State
Railroad
Vol. 133, No. 39
Rusk, Texas, 75785 — Thursday, November 11,1982
12 Pages
For Thanksgiving
Ministers
Set Service
The annual Thanksgiving worship
service, sponsored by the Rusk
Ministerial Alliance will be held in the
Sanctuary of First United Methodist
Church of Rusk at 7 p.m. Sunday
night, Nov. 21.
The Rev. Bill Gardner, minister of
the Seventh Day Adventist Church of
Rusk will be the featured speaker for
the evening. The Rev. Steve Plunkett,
minister of First Presbyterian Church
of Rusk, will lead the worship service
and the Rev. Frank Prater, president
of the Alliance and pastor of Calvary
Baptist Church of Rusk, will give the
welcome and speak about the
charitable services of the alliance.
Other congregations and their
ministers, who participate in the sup-
port of the alliance charities who will
be present at this worship service in-
clude the Baptist Church of Reklaw,
First Assembly of God Church of
Rusk, First United Methodist Church
of Rusk, Christian Methodist
Episcopal Church of Rusk and the
Episcopal Church of Rusk.
This association of ministers and
their congregations and the
charitable work they do is one of long
standing and exceptional service to
the community and area. They cor-
dially invite all the residents of the
larger community to join in this
fellowship of area Christians as they
thank God for His bounty and
providence and give tangible ex-
pression to their compassion for the
needy and destitute.
Following the worship service, the
congregation of First United
Methodist Church will host a time of
friendship and visitation in the
fellowship hall.
Area residents are invited to place
this Christian community assembly
on their schedule at Thanksgiving
time as the community gathers to ex-
press gratitude to God and to delight
in this long association of Christians
of the Rusk area.
Art League
Slates Show
Cherokee Art League will sponsor
"Originals Limited" Art Showing and
Drawing Dec. 6, Monday, through
Dec. 17, Friday, the day of the
drawing at Southwestern Electric Co.,
412 N. Main, Rusk.
Each ticket will be $1 and there will
be five original paintings by league
artists and will be in several different
mediums • oil, acrylic and watercolor.
Each ticket holder has his or her
choice of the painting he would like to
win. The works will be signed and
framed and the proceeds will go to the
Cherokee Art League to fund guests
artists, workshops and field trips
made by the League.
Rural Fires Cost City
Donations Asked; Ambulance Issue Solved
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EAGLE ON THE MOVE-Rusk runningback Ronnie Shepard, (20), at-
tempts to elude a Palestine Westwood defender in Friday's regular
season finale. The Eagles won their final 17-AAA regular season game
48-20 in thrilling fashion. photo by steve lee
Property owners having rural fires
will be asked for donations to the City
of Rusk in the future, to help defray
expenses of the fire department.
Rusk City Councilmen, meeting
Tuesday night at length with most
members of the Rusk Volunteer Fire
Department, agreed that instead of
billing property owners for $100 for
use of the City's fire fighting equip-
ment in making calls, letters will be
sent requesting a donation to the City.
Suggested donations will be $100, but
the letter will state that whatever the
person can donate will be ap-
preciated.
City Manager Cindy Evans repor-
ted earlier in the meeting that rural
fire calls cost the City some $500 per
call.
Fireman Pete Grimes said he didn't
believe that fire calls cost that much.
Various members of the fire depar-
tment said volunteers give of their
time in answering calls. Fire Chief
Jamie Weaver said a truck can't be
used for key fire insurance rates after
it is 30 years old. The City has two
trucks that have not been depreciated
out on the 30-year basis, Weaver said.
Eagles Begin Play-off
Rusk's Fighting Eagles will play a
revamped and greatly improved
Diboll team for the bi-district cham-
pionship Friday night at Dragon
stadium in Nacogdoches. Coach Louis
Caveness says he expects this to be
one of the toughest games his Birds
will play all year.
Diboll beat state ranked Newton
last Friday to earn a berth in the play-
offs by a score of 7-3. UPI rated
Newton number 8 in the state prior to
the game.
"They have completely changed
their defense to the 5-3. This means
they have five men up front and three
linebackers right behind. It's really
an eight man front," commented the
Rusk coach.
Diboll contained the Eagle running
attack when the two teams played
Oct. 1, but the Flock garnered a win
via the air.
"We expect them to come at us with
a strong passing attack. Their quar-
terback threw more than 20 passes,
and had a high percentage of com-
pletions against us last month. This
young man is a good passer and has
some fine receivers," continued
Coach Caveness.
There best athlete, Mitchell Wyatt,
has been moved from defensive safety
to middle linebacker. He is also the
most talented pass receiver.
In explaining the leaky pass
defense the Eagles showed when they
played Westwood last Friday, Coach
Caveness said, "We scratched
where it itches. We felt we needed to
contain those two fast backs of West-
wood, so we played the run more. We
didn't think they could beat us
passing."
Westwood attempted 30 passes and
completed 17, but lost the ball game
48-21.
Injuries could play a big factor in
the game Friday with Diboll. Randy
Carter is very doubtful after suffering
a deep bruise on his back. Chip Hart is
still limping with a sprained ankle,
and Ronnie Shepard is slowed down
with a pulled groin muscle.
On the positive side, Eagle quarter-
back Brian Townsend is looking good
with his passes. Townsend only
played one quarter when the Eagles
beat Diboll 18-0. Also, Ken McClure
was out with a shoulder separation in
that game, but is returning to full
strength.
The Diboll coach was quoted earlier
that he felt his Lumberjacks were hit-
ting their peak right now.
Coach Caveness says his Birds are a
lot better team now than they were
Oct. 1.
"We show improvement every
game. I believe our young men will
play Diboll one of their best games.
The winner will be the team that has
improved the most in the past five
weeks," he said.
A big turn out of fans will make the
trip to Dragon Stadium in
Nacogdoches. The game will be
carried on KWRW-FM, 97.7 and
through facilities of E-Z Vision Cable
Co. on channel 8. Bill Middleton will
describe the action. The warm-up
begins at 7 p.m. with the coach's
report and line ups. The ball game
starts at 7:30 p.m.
Negotiations Begin
'Round Town
with Mrs. Roundabout
It was a gloriously beautiful, fall
day. Hie Chinese tallow tree on the
Deckard property adjoining our office
reflected red, orange and yellow in
the dancing light. I went into the office
wearing my red Eagle jacket.
Bill Middleton, Steve Lee and my
Better Half were to meet me there at 5
p.m. It was time for the Big Game!
Bi-District with Diboll! Kick off at
7:30 p.m. in the Nacogdoches High
School stadium! What a thrill!
But only the Better Half was there.
"Let's go, where's everybody?"
Everything late as usual. Including
met He looked at me, with big, sad
eyes and said, "There's no game
tonight. It's all a mistake."
"The referees got together and
looked at the games on film and they
have agreed that Rusk didn't win
district after all. We didn't even beat
Crockett or Diboll. It is a mistake," he
said.
He went on, "Diboll is playing
Teague for Bi-District tonight, not
us." With quivering heart, filled with
anger, I heard the phone ring. Surely,
I though, reaching for it, there is an
error here. I went to the games! I
know better! I kept reaching for the
phone ... and finally found it. My
alarm clock! (Thank Goodness I Mon-
day morning! And time to get up!)
What a nightmare! Hurray for
waking up! It la a •" d v, and Rusk
really did win District and will really
play Diboll In the first round of play-
offs Friday night at Nacogdoches!
Keep your Big Red Jackets ready
and be prepared to wear them for a
possible six more weeks as we support
the Fighting Rusk Eagles in play-off
competition!
Anxiety dream? Maybe. What I ate
for supper? Maybe. But I'm not
taking any chances by wearing
anything other than my own "good
luck" shirt Friday night! The kids
play the game, but I feel it Is incum-
bent for all of us to do whatever we
can to show our support as they
represent our community In this
athletic endeavor!
It is going to be a great '82 season
for the Rusk Eagles! It already has
been ... but there's more to come!
Don't miss it! And you don't have to!
You will have a choice of hearing it
play by play on Ch. 8, E-Z Vision
Cable, or KWRW-FM, 97.7.
If nightmares like this happen to
me, what do you suppose the coaches
and players dream? Well ... keep
dreaming, and dream big, happy
dreams of Championships! Next
week, I'll tell you about the dream I
had last night. We faced "ole Blue"
(of all teams) for the Stale Champion-
ship!
Life is never dull ... not even when
I'm asleep! 'Til next week' *mw
Cherokee County Commissioners
will negotiate with the City of
Jacksonville for a possible lease-
contract on a county owned compac-
tor-compressor purchased for the
Cherokee County Landfill at Gallatin.
A letter from Jacksonville mayor
Harry Tilley, read at a Monday mor-
ning commissioners meeting,
requested the county consider the sale
of the piece of machinery to the City of
Jacksonville.
County Attorney Leland Sutton was
asked to determine if the county
would be required to seek bids on the
equipment or if it could be sold to
Jacksonville, a municipality with the
county, without bids.
No action was taken on the matter,
but Commissioner Terry Perkins,
Precinct 4, said he thought $90,000
would be a fair price. Commissioner
Toby Sartain, Precinct 2, said the
price was too low and Commissioner
Robert Underwood, Precinct 1, com-
mented that it was too much.
The equipment had cost the county
$98,211 with $32,937 being paid down
and $32,937 paid last year and another
$32,937 due Nov. 11, making total cost
$98,811 rather than the $98,211 after in-
terest was included. The $90,000 price
suggested by Perkins would be in-
terest free with $30,000 paid down and
$30,000 each year during a three year
period.
Perkins said the piece of machinery
Old Settlers '83
Planning Begins
The initial planning meeting for the
'83 Old Settler's Reunion will be held
at 7 p.m. Monday at the Citizens Bank
Board Room. Each service club will
be represented as well as sororities,
Chamber of Commerce, Merchants
Association and interested citiiens
from all parts of the community. Your
attendance is welcomed
would cost $136,300 if bought new. The
county had purchased the equipment
in anticipation of opening the land fill
in 1980.
In another matter, the com-
missioneners appointed Sheriff Allen
Horton as county rabies control agent
in accordance with new regulations as
set out by the state health depar-
tment. Dr. James Lovick veterinarian
with the Texas Health Department at
Tyler met with commissioners and
explained new state requirements
concerning rabies control.
Sometime, he said, one of those trucks
is sent out when the department gets a
house fire call, but the out of date
trucks are always sent on rural calls.
Weaver explained that the fire
department budget is $102,000, of
which $53,000 is budgeted for salaries
for three paid firemen and $16,000
goes to the debt on the fire house.
Mrs. Evans said two-thirds of all the
fire calls answered by the department
are outside the city limits. Less than
10 per cent of the fire department's
operating budget is obtained from the
county to fight rural fires, she said.
The Rusk Fire Department is com-
posed of some 22 volunteers, 11 of
whom live outside the city limits,
Weaver said.
Firemen were told that they will not
be charged for fire calls to their own
property. However, many of them ex-
pressed concern that their families
and neighbors will be charged.
Various members of the Council
asked that the firemen complain to
the Commissioners Court about the
necessity of allocating funds toward
the costs of fighting rural fires.
The discussion got somewhat
heated as various members of the
Fire Department expressed their ob-
jections to the charge being made for
rural fire protection.
In another matter of importance to
area residents was the announcement
by Mayor James V. Fisher that dif-
ferences between the Patrick Am-
bulance Service and the City of Rusk
have been resolved. He said Johnny
Patrick, owner of the service, had
signed a contract with the City.
Tuesday morning Patrick signed a
contract allocating $20,000 of City
funds to the service in 12 monthly in-
stallments and picked up the two City
Downtown
Pep Rally
Scheduled
Rusk High School Eagle fans will
participate in a town-wide pep rally
beginning at 5:15 p.m. Thursday on
the Rusk Federal Savings and Loan
parking lot on North Henderson
Street, according to Mrs. Sherrell
Greenwood, cheerleader sponsor.
Mrs. Greenwood says the Rusk
High School cheerleaders will lead
fans in cheers, the Eagle Band and
twirlers will perform and the 17 AAA
District Champions — the Rusk High
School Eagles, will be recognized.
The pep rally is being held in con-
junction with the Rusk-Diboll bi-
district game scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
Friday at the Nacogdoches High
School Stadium.
Tickets purchased prior to the game
are $2 for students and $4 for adults.
Tickets at the gate will be $4 each. No
passes will be honored, according to
Rusk High School Principal Allen
Gilchrest.
ambulances housed at City Hall. The
Council approved a contract with
Cherokee County for $13,650 for am-
bulance service to mid-Cherokee
County.
In another matter, the Council
agreed to allow the Rusk Rural Water
Corp. to hook onto the city's water
system on the Mount Hope Road.
Also, the Council agreed to seek cost
estimates for paving of a portion of
the Forest Hill subdivision. Three of
the four property owners on Forest
Hill Drive had petitioned the city for
the paving of the street adjacent to
their property. A fourth property
owner, Waymon Daniel, did not sign
the petition, but said "he wouldn't op-
pose the paving," according to John
Rosser, one of the property owners.
Orville Johnson, director of public
works, said the project will cost bet-
ween $4,500 and $5,000 to pave the
1,500 feet from Hill Street to the first
curve on Forest Hill Drive.'
George Dodd, representing the
Rusk Lions Club, asked the city to
become partners with the Lions Club
in "bringing the Nature Trail back to
life." He said that if the city will
finance the project, the club will do all
the labor in fixing bridges, putting
up benches and signs along the Trail.
Mrs. Evans reported that the City
has talked with A&M personnel and
was to have a representative of the
school in Rusk Wednesday to work on
plans for renovation of the Nature
Trail.
"If we are going to do this, let's do it
right," Dodd said and added that the
Club is available whenever the city is
ready.
The Council approved a no-parking
area at a drive at the residence of J.
P. Acker III.
Ed Summers, administrator of
Rusk Memorial Hospital, and various
members of his staff met with the
Council. Summers invited Council
members to attend open house at the
hospital Saturday, Dec. 4.
He said the hospital has grown from
32 beds in 1948 when it opened to 54
•See CITY, p. 12
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Veterans
Saluted
Old Glory will be flown in the
downtown area Thursday in obser-
vance of Veterans Day.
Flags are flown in Rusk every
legal holiday by local merchants
who participate in a Rusk Rotary
Club flag display community ser-
vice program.
Larry Sinclair, president of the
Rusk Rotary Club, says the club
sponsors the project to help
promote a healthy patriotism
among the citizens of the com-
munity. r
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HULKN WILCOX of the Hudson Chapel Community will proba Wy stopfer rest several times to the hectic days
ahead after he open his antique syrup mill on Nov. IS. The Wilcox family has operated the mUl for some time.
They say they will be cooking the syrup for about II to 14 days, seven days per week. The mill is located off High-
way 712 at Hudson Chapel and visitors are Invited to come and watch. Wllco* says. Road signs will mark the reato
to the mill.
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