The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 135, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 7, 1984 Page: 2 of 20
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PAGE TWO—THE CHEROKEEAN OF RUSK. TEXAS—THURSDAY, JUNE 7.1M4
Point Of View
She Was Some Woman
She was some woman! Vivian Heald
knew how to get things done and she saw
that they got done.
For many of us, who grew up in Rusk and
attended the Rusk public shcools, our first
encounter with her came atd the school
cafeteria dump out station. She was lun-
chroom supervisor and was always there to
make sure that each student ate enough of
the balanced diet on his plate. Many would
wait until she received a call from the kit-
chen and then would hurry out, dumping
those foods that they thought they didn't
like. f
Her favorite of the students where those
boys, who just couldn't be filled. She always
saw that food was passed and every student
had a chance to eat all he could hold.
Vivian and her husband, Metz and
children, Mary and Charles came to Rusk in
the midst of the great depression. She ser-
ved as PTA President in 1939. During that
year, many of the students in the district
were coming to school hungry. She couldn't
stand that. She went to work and the next
year, with only $2.50 in the PTA kitty, work
began on getting a school lunch room.
She became lunch room supervisor and it
was at the white building on the elementary
school campus that Vivian Heald became a
real person to most of us. The first lunch
room was constructed from materials taken
from the old county courthouse being torn
down to make room for the present cour-
thouse. Volunteers did the work and studen-
ts were served government commodities
and locally donated food. She oversaw can-
ning in the summer and her husband, Metz
took vacation from his duties as county
agent to oversee the building. Mrs. Heald, a
former extension agent, worked for several
years as a volunteer cafeteria supervisor
before the school district began paying her.
She saw two generations of many Rusk
families go through the Rusk schools.
Even though the lunch room program was
her favorite, she was active in other com-
munity and church endeavors. As a mem-
ber of the First United Methodist Church
she was a teacher in the children's division
for many years. She served on the church
board and on most of the various church
committees. She and Metz were honored
several years as members of the year.
You would see her all over town after her
retirement. She looked after all those who
were sick or had a need. Everyone was in
worse shape than Vivian.
Vivian made her mark in the history of
Rusk. Her accomplishments for the bet-
terment of the community will long be
remember. Its certainly hard for all of us to
realize that she was only a woman. We
thought she was a legend and would go on
forever.
From ...
ThB
Lions Den
by E. B. Muaick# Jr.
You're not so young any more when
your knees buckle and your belt
won't.
Lion Ike Daniel "brung" a new tie
for Lion Bob Pate last Thursday, but
Lion Pate was in the City of Houston
attending a Methodist Conference.
Our guest last Thursday was Mr.
Sonny Hassell and he is working with
the Lions Little League Baseball
program this summer. We appreciate
so much his work and all of the others
that make this program so outstan-
ding.
Lion Bill Rhodes was in attendance
at a game the other night and talked
with some that were there for the first
time. They were amazed at the fine
fields and the organization that the
Lions have. It didn't just happen,
many have given their time, talent
and monies to make this thing go.
Lion Billy Watson has ordered a
diving board for the little ones at the
Rusk Lions Club Swimming Pool. This
should get everything in fine order.
The attendance has been overflowing
and we understand that the ladies are
very pleased with the improvements
to their dressing room.
Two scholarships were presented
from the Rusk Lions Club to
graduates from Rusk High School and
Kissin' Kuzzins
Woman Tells Of Sharecropper Heritage
By Carolyn Ericson
1614 Redbud Street
•J Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
* A new book which is very in-
teresting reading is called "Bom A
fcharecropper-My East Texas
heritage" by Ruby G. Williamson.
Mrs. Williamson tells her memories
if her childhood on a farm in rural
East Texas. A descendant of the
Rusk family, Mrs. Williamson has
tised many pictures and charts to the
Interest of the book.
: Some of the families which are dealt
frith include: Caldwell, Rusk,
$triplin(g), Treadaway, Johnston,
Bridges, Culbertson, and Curry. Data
from census records from Alabama,
Georgia and South Carolina is in-
cluded along with the stories.
■ This book will bring back many
memories-from washing in the old
black wash pot in the back yard-to
dying mateial by using the bark of the
red oak tree. It is a very interesting
book to read, even if you are not
related to the families mentioned
ábove.
This volume contains 110 pages, soft
cover, typeset printing with many
illustrations, charts and maps. Cost is
only $7.95 plus $1.00 for postage and
handling and may be ordered from
Ruby G. Williamson, P.O. Box 194,
Buena Vista, Colorado81211.
Seeking information on Joseph Ben-
jamin Craig, b. ca 1809 N.C. and his
wife Viceniz Mize, b. 1810 Tenn. They
were found in Pickens Co., Alabama
in the 1830 Census with Jesse Mise Sr.
next dwelling. In the 1840 census J.B.
Craig and Jesse Mise Sr. had their
families in Lownes Co., Ms. but the
men were in Panola Co., Texas before
1836 as they drew land grants from the
Republic of Texas. Joseph B. Craig
moved to Nacogdoches and was there
in the 1850 census. Their oldest son
stayed in Nacogdoches and Married
Cornelia Collins. Joseph B. Craig was
justice of peace about 1843 in
Nacogdoches County.
J.B. Craig then moved into Burnet
County and received Headrights in
Burnet, then moved into Coryell,
McLennan and Bell counties. Nova
Vicenia Mise Craig, his wife, died
sometime in the mid 1860's and after
that he drifted from one place to
another. In 1900 census he was in the
household of his son William B. Craig.
Joseph Benjamin Craig died in 1903 In
Nacogdoches, but I have not been able
to prove it. One great granddaughter
referred to him as ole Joe Craig. Does
anyone remember Joseph Benjamin
Craig? Where was he buried? Any
help on this family will be ap-
predated.-Sammie Jones Maxwell,
7502 Meadowview Lane, Austin,
Texas 78753. (Editors note: William
B. Craig was born 30 July 1831
Alabama, and is reported to have died
5 October 1901. He had a son Joseph
Benjamin, b. 19 November 1858. If his
grandfather was living in the
household, it would explain the term
"ole Joe Craig". This was used to
distinguish him from his grandson.
Joseph Benjamin Craig, the younger,
was buried in Greenwood Cemetery in
Garrison-was his grandfather buried
there too?)
*************
If you are working on a Lawson
family you will be interested to know
about a family newsletter called
"Lawson Letters." they print all
material free of charge whether the
individual is a member or not. They
will print almost any information they
can get including family traditions.
They are happy to send a sample copy
to any individual who writes in and
requests one. They would like to act as
a central clearing house for all
Lawson data. If you are interested,
write to The Lawson Letters, 1823 N.
Dearing, Fresno, California 93703.
"Art is the daughter of pleasure."
— J.J. Winckelmann
they are Miss Susan Foster and Mr.
RobbyTosh.
Lion Robert Colley announced that
the Lions Installation Ladies Night
will be at the First United Methodist
Church at 7 p.m. the third Thursday in
June. Lion Colley will also make
arrangements to have the Lioness
Club officers installed at the same
time.
Lion Watson presented Ms. Sarah
Drewry, who is in charge of the "Sub-
stance Abuse Unit," as our speaker.
They have all ages from the very
young to the older persons. They do
not cure, but treat. The first three to
five days is really a drying out period.
They try to keep them very busy
because this is really a life or death
matter. They have group therapy and
are getting the family into the act.
Now, thanks to Lion Watson, they
have the G.E.D. program and they
have had 70 so far in this program this
year.
Ms. Drewry says these people come
there knowing how to work but most
do not know how to get along with
people. They need to get whole family
involvement, and into some support
system after leaving the institution.
They need this support for at least two
years, and if the patient makes it that
long they usually have everything un-
der coritrol.
A film was presented "A Slight
Drinking Problem" showing a young
married couple, and the problems
that came about before the husband
would admit having a "problem". He
starts the usual way of having a few
drinks after working hours with the
boys, then not showing up for work
and his wife covering for him. The
mother of the wife and one of her
friends try to tell her that her husband
is an alcoholic, but this was hard for
her to accept. As time went on she
realized that her husband was
alcoholic and she started to go to some
meetings that would help her cope
with the terrible situation.
She found that she could not take up
for him regarding his job and other
things - that she could not control it
and that he was the only one that
could. Even if you love someone you
find that at times like these you have
to love him enough to let him hit rock
bottom in order for him to realize his
situation. Finally he came to himself
and realized that he needed help.
We appreciate this very fine and in-
formative program and the work that
Ms. Drewry and others are doing to
help people in need.
Shoeless, he climbed the stairs,
opened the door of the room, entered,
and closed it softly after him, without
being detected. Just as he was clim-
bing into bed, his wife, half-aroused
from slumber, turned and sleepily
said, "Is that you, Heidi?"
The husband, telling the rest of the
story, said, "For once in my life I had
real presence of mind. I licked her
hand."
See You Thursday Noon Southern
Motor Inn.
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TEXAS PRESS
ASSOCIATION
Rusk Valedictorian,
Editor's Note: The following two
addresses were delivered May 25 by
Geeta Srinivasan, valedictorian and
Robert Byron Long Jr. salutatorian.
They have shared them with our
readers.
VALEDICTORY ADDRESS
By Geeta Srinivasan
The youth of today are the
generation of tomorrow. The 84
graduating seniors receiving their
diplomas tonight in this commen-
cement are the leaders of the future.
After 12 years of dedicated, hard
work, we have approached our first
major milestone. Graduation, the
bridge that separates childhood from
adulthood, is only the first milestone
that we will experience during our
lives. It is indeed a commencing, or a
beginning of awesome respon-
sibilities: responsibilities to a
vocation, to our community, to our
nation, and responsibility to our-
selves.
The group of seniors graduating
tonight will be among the scientists
who will explore the frontiers of
space, the teachers who will educate
the generation to follow, the factory
workers who will build tomorrow's
products. Through our contributions
to our jobs, we will establish lasting
examples for the future generation to
follow. Our accomplishments will
guide them in the right direction,
while our mistakes will warn them
against roads not to take. If we put our
minds and hearts into our work, we
can make this world a better place for
all.
Another responsibility we will have
is duty to our community. Some will
become members of a college com-
munity, possibly participating in
college sports, clubs, and activities.
They will assume leadership in some
areas, and will always share respon-
sibility with others. Those students
who will not attend college will still
become members of some com-
munity. They will be responsible for
cheering fellow citizens in times of
sorrow; rejoicing with them during
periods of happiness. Many in our
group will participate in benevolent
community groups, such as the Red
Cross or Church organizations. No
matter what community to which we
belong, we will become part of a
whole. The future will expect us to
spend a great deal of our lives helping
those around us.
Our group will also be among par-
ticipants in the democratic process of
government. Some will assume roles
of leadership in local affairs,
providing for honest and fair city
government, maintaining a strong
educational system, and insuring
proper law enforcement so that
justice can be the gift of all. Others
may find their role beyond "the local
level. Some of our class members will
be serving in the military. A few have
already chosen to join the military
forces; some may plan to make it
their career. All our class members
will bear responsibility for preserving
our way of life.
Finally, we must recognize our
responsibilities to ourselves-to build
on what we have learned, to be
displeased with accomplishments
that have not tested our abilities, to
live according to standards that we
know are right. As individuals, we will
strive to reach our ultimate goals. As-
a group, we will introduce what we
have learned to the generations of the
future.
Robert Browning once said, "Ex-
cept a man's reach exceed his grasp,
then what's a heaven for?" The future
is something to be reached for, but
never to reach. One must not be over-
whelmed by uncertainties of the
future, but challenged by these uncer-
tainties.
Yes, graduation is the end of one
period of our lives, but during life
every end is a new beginning.
SALUTATORY ADDRESS
By Robert Byron Long, Jr.
Mr. Murray, Mr. Gilchrest, mem-
bers of the school board, Reverend
Plunkett, family and friends, on
behalf of the 1984 graduates of Rusk
High School, I welcome you to our
commencement exercises.
The Texas newspapers and political
speeches abound with prolific talk con-
cerning public education. Whatever
strengths or weaknesses may surface
from all the research and analysis, we
are the 1984 products of one of the
Texas school systems. I believe that
the quality of our education can be
measured in whether or not we have
learned to learn. We stand only par-
tially learned, for our greatest
education lies in the future. We
graciously contribute our learning to
the outstanding individuals who have
molded us these four years in areas
both extracurricular and academic.
Participation in various ex-
tracurricular activities such as music
and athletics is so very important to
our bodies as well as to our minds.
These activities built our inner per-
sonalities and the art of self-
discipline, which evolved us from
girls and boys to women and men.
You, who worked with us and faith-
fully drilled the universal language
into our brains as children now
release the product-refined talent in
voices capable of evoking emotions of
joy and sadness with a song, and
developed talent that gave us the skill
to master our fingers and breaths on
complex instruments through which
music flows.
You, who spent long hours teaching
us to overcome physical pain and to
run another sprint when we felt that
we could not take another step, taught
us to overcome adversity. The
discipline that gave us the dedication
to shed the blood, the sweat, and the
tears in the field of human com-
petition will give us the strength to
tackle adverse conditions thrown at
us by life. Athletics gave us the oppor-
tunity to compete and most impor
tant, to learn to be a winner. It showed
us the painful reality of losing and
most important, to learn to lose with
dignity.
The mind is truly the key to the soul.
We are what we know academically.
Through approximately 12,900 hours
of classroom instruction, our instruc-
tors gave us directions an(l fundamen-
tal foundations for learning. The
knowledge attained by us now is our
most precious resource to unlock
distant doors of success.
As the world grows smaller and as
we enter the age of information, we
must be prepared tu compete inter-
nationally and in new ways. The
future of this nation so depends upon
the youth of the present. We will put
forth our knowledge to realize that
there is always more to learn.
Through this realization, the effort to
strengthen our country will stand
worthwhile.
Upon closing, I would like to speak
to my fellow graduates of 1984 through
a quote by Ozzy Osborne: "I said
goodbye to romatice, Goodbye to
friends, Goodbye to all the past. I
guess that we'll meet, we'll meet in
the end."
VSC Plans RSH July 4th Celebration
The Volunteer Services Council for
Rusk State Hospital Is planning a
Super July 4th Celebration for the
Mtlents, according to Mary
Kchanan, VSC chairman.
More tban 100 patients will be
raWii M «■ CTc«m fry * T
danas/hankies, lipstick/ rouge/gloss,
msscsrs/eye shadow, cologne/per-
fume, sfter shave/cologne,
soap/deodorant, toothbrushes/tooth-
paste, hair ribbons/clips, shaving
cream, cigarettes/cigars, tobac-
co/pipes, plastic coffee cups, instant
coffee/tea, postage stamps,
stationery/tablets, craft kits, straw
hats, insignia cape. can-
dy/gum/frutt/cskes. sugar fre*
snacks and eunglasaoe
Checks are to be made payable to
the Volunteer Services Council for
Future Perfect, Past Tense
By BEVERLY FLETCHER
COLUMNIST
Do you feel run down, like you've had
the big run around? Do you feel like
you've been run up a flag pole, like
you've been run over, that you're
over-run with problems and
anxieties?
Well there's a lot of books out on the
market to give you a real run for your
money in helping you achieve perfect
bliss and harmony.
For instance, take yoga...please.
You may remember the master guru
of this movement—the great Yoga
Berra. He built his program on the
bases that if you contort your
physique into a number of painfully
unnatural positions your body will be
so numb that you forget your
anxieties.
The Chiropractors Association
really got behind him on his
teachings, but they hounded Berra so
staunchly that he eventually aaked
them to get off his back
The yoga phlloaopby spread so
rapidly that cartoon characters even-
tually were fashioned after the
it looked and hence, Yoga Berra
struck out.
Transcendental meditation
manuals then took to the streets.
Housewives and congressmen alike
took the bait and meditation mania
was the new nirvana of anxious
America.
It was perfect for the active
generation—the business oriented
populace dogged by the fear of
becoming obsolete with each daily
issue of The Wall Street Journal.
The money monarch found tran-
scendental meditation most savory
because they could do it anywhere,
anytime, and they didn't look silly
doing It.
The demise of the meditation
program was quite abrupt when
businessmen realized that while
stupefied in their mind-clesring tran-
ces, their competitors passed them
by with new breakthroughs in product
development.
But then, that's the Inherent
problem with the business world. You
can't slop for a moment- not even
long enough to read The Wall Street
took Boo Boo ae We i
The i
So now i
i publications have
When
groceries will find little comfort in
shelling out big bucks for tension
relief.
So here follows a capsule of the
premises in the How-To books, and at
a fraction of the cost—15 cents.
•From "THE JOY OF FINDING
JOY," by Joy Jolson. Plod through 53
chapters in this book and on the final
page you will at last come upon the
crux of the work. Joy's phone num-
ber. She says perfect peace comes
only when you lose your hostilities, so
call her up, scream at her, berate her,
rid yourself of hidden
aggressions...and she will bill you
Ister.
•"MILES TO GO BEFORE I
SLEEP," by Barbie Chewltx. Ms.
Chewitz says in her number one best-
seller that stress is directly influenced
by the smsll, everyday tasks that
never get done. And what doesn't get
done—hangs over you, causing ten
sionand worry.
The answer is simple, she instructs
Get everything done. Make a list, a
long list, of everything you want to do
In life. And don't go to sleep until each
item is checked off
Ms Chewttsi
one of the
ihe kind of pence of mind one can book was one of the
i only with 111 M plus The publish* notes
rever, the svera«e worker who to begin • sequel «I
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Writing the
i on her list
E. Newman AKA Ted Koppel. Alfred
thinks the best way to avoid worry
from daily responsibilities is to avoid
responsibility. He admits that side-
stepping social and work duties is not
easy in this fast-paced world, so he |
has graciously bequeathed to his
public an extensive guideline.
The Peter Principle stipulates,
Alfred notes, that in your work
situation, higher-ups will continue to j
place an increasing amount of
responsiblities on your work load un-
til, in effect, you are ineffective.
So you must at all times appear
ineffective, he advises.
For instance, fill out all of your im-
portant paperwork with crayon.
When new clients are shuffled your
way, meet with them, but speak only
in the dialect of the lower Moambian
tribe. They will quickly ask to tran-
sfer their account.
Drool a lot.
As your Incoming basket fills to
overflowing, weight It down with your
lunch, preferably llmburger chceee
sandwiches Then transfer the papers
directly to the outgoing basket
I hope theee suggestions have
helped In creating a cool, calm and
collected you. When It comes to
ansiety. let's me*-" —" 1
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