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PAGE TWO — THE CHEROKEEAN OF RUSK, TEXAS — THURSDAY, APRIL 25,1985
A Good Program!
Members of the First Presbyterian
Church are actually taking on the
ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ. These
folks have seen a need and have done
something about it.
They have become aware that there
are many families in the Rusk area, who
through necessity are sending their
children home from school with no care.
These parents are not financially able to
provide child care. There is just barely
enough money to provide food and shelter
for many.
The Presbyterians have given them-
selves to care for 10 children from the
primary campus this spring. The first
day they had two. That number has in-
creased to five. They are still taking ap-
plications for this special care. Interested
parents can call the church office.
This action of a caring people should be
an example for us, who worship
elsewhere. There are many out there,
who have needs. Maybe it's not a lat-
chkey ministry, but they are hurting. The
question is what will you do? What will I
do to share the Love of our Lord Jesus
with those who have needs?
gloria jennings
Time To Pray
Thursday, May 2, has been declared
National Day of Prayer by President
Ronald Reagan. Churches, prayer groups
and other Christian groups will meet
together for a time of prayer. Many
Christians throughout this land will also
fast on that day. The President is asking
that all take five minutes at noon to pray
for the nation.
National days of prayer date back to
the Continental Congress in 1775 when the
first was declared. Our country has con-
tinued to be a praying nation. However,
many of our nation's leaders are re-
reading God's word and II Chronicles
7:14 has become a word of instruction for
them. The scriptures say "If my people,
who are called by My name will humble
themselves and pray and seek My face
and turn from their wicked way, then will
I hear from heaven and will forgive their
sin and will heal their land."
We have been praying since 1775, but
there must be a spiritual healing in our
land. We have seen our people turn to the
world for their strength. Now, all of us
must return to God and His principles if
we are to survive. He says if we humble
ourselves, call upon his name and pr&X.
and turn from our wicked ways, He will
ill
heal our land. That's a promise from the
Almighty!
God has been so good to us. He has
abundantly blessed us. In fact we are the
most blesseu nation on the face of the ear-
th. But, how long will God be merciful to a
people who many believe have turned
their face from Him? How long will he
continue to tolerate the condition of this
nation?
There is a group made up of Christians
of all walks of life, who support the
National Day of Prayer. Mrs. Bill Bright
and Robert E. Ellingwood are co-
chairmen of the National Day of Prayer
Task Force. Sam Moore is National
Coordinator.
This task force has set forth three
goals--to advocate prayer, to heighten
Americans' awareness of dependence
upon God and to encourage the healing of
this nation and world through prayer.
Let's all pray in earnest for our country
on May 2. Then, let's not stop with May 2,
let's pray daily that God will deal with
each of us until we mend our wicked
ways. He once said he would save a city if
there had been a handful of righteous
people but they could not be found. Do we
have any who are righteous?
' gloria jennings
PERSPECTIVE
By STEVE PLUNKETT, PASTOR
First Presbyterian Church
Rusk, Texas
It's very interesting to me to
place the resurrection stories from
the four Gospels side-by-side and
compare them. When you do, you
see some startling differences in
what is emphasized. I've been most
startled recently by the strong sen-
se of terror and distress in Mark's
version of the first Easter morning,
Mark 16:1-8.
Mary Magdalene, Mary the
mother of James, and Salome came
to the tomb very early on the first
day of the week. Maybe they came
early to escape being noticed by a
large number of people, to avoid at-
tention being drawn to their con-
tinued association with this Jesus,
this failure of Nazareth. In my own
mind's eye, I see them walking
along in silence, each one won-
dering to herself how she could
have made such an embarrassing
mistake. How could they have been
so gullible and stricken with poor
judgment as to be sucked in by this
itinerant preacher who had the gall
to enter the royal city of Jerusalem
presuming to be the Messiah of
Israel, King of the Jews? How could
their judgment have been so
lacking in befítériSítig this Jesus, in
traveling with him the many miles
that they traveled, in trusting him
with their deepest fears and highest
hopes, and in counting him as their
greatest friend. Indeed, they must
have come to the tomb with a great
deal of disappointment and em-
barrassment and even sorrow that
life had taken them through this
turn of events.
Finally they arrive at the tomb
and discover that the stone is rolled
away and the body of Jesus
missing. There is a messenger in-
side the tomb with words about
Jesus going on ahead to Galilee
where he will meet the disciples
later. But then the text moves
quickly in a single sentence to their
response which is the story's end:
"They went out and ran from the
tomb distressed ánd terrified."
This note of terror and distress
strikes me most of all because that
is what I believe identifies you and
me. The fears of Mary Magdalene,
Mary, and Salome identify our
fears. In their faces we see our own
distress at facing the many twists
and turns of life's complications.
Yet each time I read this text
through and am caught up at the
From..':
The
LIONS DEN
BY E.B. Musick, lr.
An income tax return is like a
girdle. If you put the wrong figure
in it, you're apt to get pinched.
Our guest last Thursday was
Mr. Barry Cook from Jacksonville.
Lion President Charles Horton
announced that Lion O H. Bowling
did a whole bunch of work at the
Lions Little League Parks and also
at the Rusk Dions Swimming Pool.
Liyn Ike Daniel also donated some
chemicals to kill grass and weeds
around the swimming pool. Lion
President Horton also appointed a
nominating committee that will be
heard from very soon.
All Lions should be present this
Thursday because it is time once
again to vote on the Lion of the
Year.. Each Lion is urged io make a
special effort this Thursday to at-
tend. You will be glad you did, and
it just might be that Lion Tail
Twister Ike will be absent and
you could really have fun.
Lion Paul Cox gave a suggestion
of a fish fry to raise money for a
new filter for the Lions Swimming
Pool and other things that need
repairing so badly.
Lion Elmer Beckworth suggested
that Lion Ike seemingly has a new
percentage formula from what he
said last Thursday. Maybe Lion
Allen Gilchrest might want to bring
this into the school system.
Lion Gilchrest introduced Lion
Bill Curtis as our program. Lion
Bill presented many slides of
animals on Rockefeller Ranch 18
miles N.E. of Raymondville. Lion
Bill lived in that area for a number
of years and helped many times in
catching these animals for ship-
ment or various other reasons. It
seems that the Rockefellers wanted
to have a place where wild animals
from all over the world could grow
and that the school children would
be able to see them outside of a zoo.
They also are into raising
animals for sale. Buffalo were
shown and Lion Ike said that one of
them looked like a preacher that he
knew. Enough said. At one time
they had 60 inches of rain in one
month and many little lakes formed
and some still have water in them.
The Indian Antelope and water
bucks were shown. The bucks, both
male and female, have horns and
they are the only ahimal known to
be born with horns. Much grass was
shown and also feed is put out for
them.
The Zebra were shown and Lion
Bill said that he had no idea that
they were such a fast animal and
that they could kick just like a
mule,
The Bully of the antelope is the
largest there, being some six feet
tall at shoulders, and weighing
from 1,500 to 2,000 pounds. One was
shown that they were going to sell
for some $9,000.
Then the only American animal
in the compound, the wonderful
Elk. Next a cow-like animal with
the longest horns you will ever see.
They paid $30,000 each for these.
Some ostrich were purchased, but
were so hard to handle they got rid
of them.
Fallow deer from Europe, just a
bit smaller than white tail but have
larger horns.
The Veise with spiral horns and
the Black Bucks from Africa that
run and then jump, repeating this
over and over.
They have many places that
several acres will be in trees where
the animals can hide when needed.
This was certainly an enjoyable
program and so well presented by
Lion Curtis.
Rev. Kenneth Street, a Methodist
Pastor, gives the following:
"I first went to preach out in the
country, and, when I got there for
my first day, there was this old
hound dog down by the pulpit. I put
the dog out of the church."
When Street came back inside,
one of his members told him that
the dog belonged to 'Brother Jones,'
the chairman of the board. After the
service. Street apologized to the
chairman.
"I said, "Brother Jones. I'm sorry
I put your dog out.' Hesaid.
"That's OK; I wouldn't have wan-
ted the dog to hear that sermon
anyway."
See You Thursday Noon Southern
Motor Inn.
Family Tree Help Is Given
end in the women's sense of distress
and terror, my attention is always
drawn back inside the tomb and to
the words of the messenger. For the
messenger gives us the promise of
Christ which helps make sense of
the distress and terror at the story's
end. "But go, tell his disciples and
Peter that he is going before you to
Galilee; there you will see him, as
he told you."
"He is going before you into
Galilee...." What could that mean
except that Christ is constantly
going before us in the twisting and
turning of our lives? What are we to
make of this except that Christ is
going before us into your Galilee
and mine? He is going before you
into the Galilee of your personal
distress and terror, your hurts and
disappointments and failures? "He
is going before you into Galilee,"
and there you will see him.
This promise is the grace of a
risen Lord. It is the hope of the
Christian Gospel.
Carolyn Ericson
1614 Redbud Street
Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
Did you know that Vicente
Michelli, born about 1768 Italy, was
the son of Vicente and Maria
Lengeven Michelli? He was a mer-
chant in Quachita Parish,
Louisiana for a time, but his first
marriage is recorded in Nat-
chitoches Parish. He married 8 July
1793, after publication of three ban-
ns, to 15 year old Helen. .Roblo
(Robleau), daughter of Guillermo
Roblo, deceased, and Amonia
Zedora de Zepeda. Vicente and
Helena were the parents of twins,
Rosalia and Joseph Vincent, born
November 1794 Ouachita Post.
Helena was dead by 1796 when
Joseph Vicent Michelli was bap-
tised in Natchitoches. I suspect that
she died soon after the birth of the
twins, as a result of childbirth. The
daughter was left in Natchitoches,
probably with her grandmother or
godparents while Vicente Michelli
and his son Joseph moved to the
Province of Texas. The daughter
grew up in Natchitoches, where she
married 25 December 1809 to
Michel Simons, a native of Canada.
Rosalia was fifteen years old at the
time of her marriage.
Vicente Michelli was in Texas by
1797 when he received a grant of
eight leagues of land dated 20 June
1797. He received additional grants
9 June 1810 for % league around
Nacogdoches, and two leagues on 12
June 1810 which is now in Angelina
County. The early census records of
Nacogdoches reveal that Vicente
was a widower with one son.
In 1810 he was listed as 51 years of
age, a native of Brecia, Italy, who
owned Rancho de San Francisco,
where he lived with his wife, Maria
Susana Maro (36 years old) of Nat-
chitoches, and their two children,
Jose Vicente, 18, and Maria Nieves,
15. Joseph was actually the child by
the first wife Helena Robleau.
By 1830 he was married to
Telesfbro Procelfa and he was the
father of at least four more
¡children: Maria Matilda, born 1823;
Bias Ramon Michelli, born 182£j;
, Jose Loréta de Jesus Michelli, born
) 1831; and Maria Petr^ Michelli,
" born 1833.
The 1846 Poll List revealed that
the eldest sorj, Jq6eph Vicente
Michelli, was living in Henderson
County, Texas.
Anyone working on the Michelli
family will find much information
in the Louisiana records. Be sure
and check variant spellings of the
name: Michell, Michelli and also
Michel Vincent.
The Nacogdoches County
Families book has been taken to
Dallas. Galley proofs of over 1,000
sketches have been received and
checked. As soon as we receive the
final proofs, the pages will be set in
type. Our book is much larger than
first expected. It is estimated that it
will contain about 900 pages.
Twelve hundred sketches were
submitted, with thousands of pic-
tures. Ninety-six stories of schools,
churches and communities were
submitted with dozens of pictures.
We have reached the goal of 600
books sold at a pre-publication
price and now the cost per book has
Letter to the Editor
Singletary Memorial Library
By PEGGY McARTHUR
Pearl was the daughter of
the notorious bandit and
celebrated outlaw, Belle Starr.
The child's life was shaped by
the violence and lawlessness of
her mother's life. Read about it
in the book "Pearl" by Anne
Lea ton.
Someone is trying to kill
Travis McGee and Travia
doesn't know who or why. The
disappearance of a yacht, the
murder of a Peruvian debutan-
te, and the sloppy death of a
Florida real «state tycoon are
the pieces of the puxale that
Travis must put together to
save his Hie. "The Lonely
Silver Rain" Is the title oí this
The author is Robert Moss.
Jessica falls in love with
Romany Jake, even though
she's a lady of position and he's
a gypsy without home or
family. This is the plot of the
book "The Return of the Gyp-
sy" by Phillippa Can-
Children and young people
enjoyed two outstanding
movies last week at the
library. "Soup For President''
and "The Hobbitt" were both
excellent Watch the paper for
announcements about ac-
tivities in the future It will
soon be time for the summer
reading program to get under-
way)
4 Wonderful care9
Editor's Note: The following is an
open letter to all legislators regar-
ding services to persons with men-
tal retardation.
Our thirteen state schools for the
retarded are far superior to most
anything found elsewhere in the
U.S.A. and as Legislators you can
take great pride in having
established them. We parents are
certainly proud to tell the world
about the wonderful care our
children receive at these schools
You are being bombarded with
propaganda by pseudo "experts"
and carpetbaggers in an attempt to
portray our schools as expensive
big bad institutions that should be
closed. Nothing could be further
from the truth. Their philosophy
seerfis to originate from ancient
thinking based on some rather un-
satisfactory conditions that once
existed in some northern states.
And like the old maid aunt, they
have all the answers on how to raise
v ijur crura.
Some states opting for quality
care in Cure Cluster group hornea
have been shocked by the costs
Michigan pays $ 7 SO par day per
client at Macomb-Oakland Core
Ousters Florida. $l«7 SO per day
on-campus and off-campus homes
operated by the state schools.
What is not generally known or
appreciated is just how the monies
are generated for funding the thir-
teen Texas schools. We offer this
revealing analysis: Average daily
client attendance in 1984 was 9,500;
Average daily cost per client was
only $67.66; and Texas tax monies
involved per day only $29.10.
The balance of $38.56 per day
from monies generated by the mere
existence of the schools as depicted
in the following: Private Relative-
fees paid by parents for service to
clients under 18 years; Private
Estates-from clients own estates
left to them by parents; Hospital
Insurance-private insurance paid
for by parents; Military Medicare-
premiums of which are paid by
parents; Social Security-monies
clients receive from parents' social
security; Veterans Administration-
-compensation for armed services;
Railroad Retirement--from
retirement fund for railroad ser-
vices; Civil Service Retirement-
from retirement fund for gover-
nmental services; Private Volun-
tary-parent payment in ap
prectation after child's 18th year of
age; Medicare Federal ICFMR
money paid directly to slate
troaaury to *
la at
ttt«,tt«.m unless I
bodies for dollars is just not the
Texas style and we hope this prac-
tice is stopped.
Special Note: None of the above
monies include the $9,512,589
generated by the schools, hospitals
and centers through Volunteer Ser-
vices.
Texas needs an improved local
service for the mentally retarded
who may never need the complete
care as now offered by the schools.
This service should be funded
separately according to its needs
and there should be no more talk
about dividing school funds. The
school clientel is mostly the
severe, profound or medically
fragile who need total care in a
campus-like atmosphere.
We parents, through our
organization, P A R T., being the
largest cohesive group in Texas and
the only group advocating for the
rights of the parents as well aa the
righu of the retarded will soon have
inveated nearly $100.000 maintaining
Intervenorship In the infamoua
Lelst suit againat the schools. It Is
our way of showing our ap-
preciation for the schools. We ask
you to fight Just aa hard to continue
the schools as a full entity in the
care and service for thoae who can-
not speak for themselves
Whan you <
increased $10, thus making the book
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David Dobson has a new book on
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Genealogical Publishing Company.
'Directory of Scottish Settlers in
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