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PAGE TWO—CHEROKEEAN/HERALD OF RUSK, JEXAS—THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1990
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Your vote...now it's free
Vote '90 is a campaign recently launched by the
office of Texas' Secretary of State George Bayoud
Jr. In short, the campaign's goal is to increase the
numbers of persons who vote.
Feb. 11 is the deadline to register for participation
in the Mar. 13 Democratic and Republican primary
elections. The General Election is Nov. 6.
The first phase of the campaign will focus on voter
registration. Emphasis is placed on getting "how to"
information before the non-registered person. You
can help Texas and all of our county and local
elections by passing on the word. Ms. Linda Beard,
tax assessor-collector for Cherokee County, has all
the voter registration help that one could need.
If it is not convenient to call her office, persons are
invited to call the Secretary of State's office at 1-
800-252-VOTE (8683) and request a voter registra-
tion application.
When two people make a decision for a third
person, a person who by his or her own choice does
not participate, then that non-voting person who did
not use his voice is simply voiceless.. .and by choice!
It doesn't have to be this way. Everyone has an
obligation to vote. Not too many years ago, it was a
privilege for which citizens paid. Please see below
the collector-item, Poll Tax Receipt from Cherokee
County.
Notice the cost of One and 75/100 Dollars...and
that it was issued to A.R. Norton by G.S. Huston,
Tax collector. Mr. Norton was a 35-year old farmer
and had lived in Cherokee County and Texas for 11
years.
There's precious little left in life anyway. ..for which
we don't pay., .before we participate! And consider-
ing how many thousands of people have died...just
to gain the right to vote...it seems almost
unforgivable...not to vote!
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CPA speaks to Rotary
Frances Ann Dear, a practicing
Certified Public Accountant from
Palestine, was guest speaker at the
Rotary Club Wednesday in Rusk.
Houston White, program chairman,
introduced the speaker.
Mrs. Dear explained today's re-
quirements for a person to become a
CPA.
"Presently to become a certified
public accountant an individual
must have a bachelor's degree, 20
semester hours of accounting, and
four years experience as well as
those with a bachelor's or master's
degree with 30 semester hours of
accounting and two years experi-
ence. In 1997, the minimum educa-
tional requirement for certification
increases to a bachelor's degree with
at least 150 semester hours (the
equivalent of a master's degree) with
the number of accounting hours
increasing to 42.
"CPAs must maintain extensive
training and education through con-
tinuing education. At present the
requirement for continuing educa-
tion is 120 hours every three years—
40 hours a year."
She noted the near-necessity of
computers in today's accounting and
cited recent tax law changes.
"The use of computers in prepar-
ing tax returns is almost manda-
tory due to the complexity of the
changes in the tax laws especially
concerning Passive Activity Losses
and Alternative Minimum Tax.
"On 11-17-89 President Bush
signed into law the Minimum Wage
Bill which raises the present mini-
mum wage from $3.35/hourto $3.80
on 4-1-90 and $4.25 on 4-1-91.
"One month later on 12-19-89,
President Bush signed the latest
tax act, The Revenue Reconciliation
Act of 1989, some of which affectB
1989 taxes.
"Some ofthe basic changes for the
1989 filing season are as follows:
"Tax rates remain at 15, 28, and
33 percent for individuals and 15,
25 ', and 34 percent for corpora-
tions.
"Self-employment tax on business
income for 1989 is 13.02 percent on
up to $48,000 of taxable business in-
come. For 1990 Self-employment
tax will be 15.3 percent on business
income up to $51,300; however, a
deduction against that business
income will be allowed for 1/2 of the
tax.
"Social security tax on employees
for 1989 was 7.61 percent on income
up to $48,000 and for 1990 will be
7.65 percent on income up to
$61,300.
"Personal exemption increases to
$2,000 in 1989.
The Standard Deduction for 1989
is increased to $3,100 for Single,
$5,200 for Married Filing Jointly,
and $4,550 for Head of Household
with additional exemptions for being
over 65 and/or blind. The Standard
Deduction has become so high for
most people that they will no longer
have to Itemize Deductions on
Schedule A as the Standard Deduc-
tion gives them a greater tax bene-
fit.
"Full-time students age 24 or older
whose gross income is $2,000 or
more will no longer be able to be
claimed as dependents by parents.
"Social security numbers are now
required for children age 2.
"Taxpayers can no longer deduct
as a business expense any charge
for local phone service for the first
phone line provided to a personal
residence.
"The health insurance deduction
of 25 percent of the premium for the
self-employed has been extended to
9-30-90.
"Taxpayers paying for child care
and claiming a credit on Form 2441
must furnish identifying informa-
tion concerning the child care pro-
vider and the dependent must be
under age 13 (formerly age 15).
"There will be fewer tax return
preparers due to the changing com-
plexities of the law in preparing
returns in addition to the new tax
preparer penalties which will be
imposed by the IRS. Tax preparers
will be subject to a penalty to $50 for
each occurrence up to a maximum
penalty of $25,000 for (1) failure to
furnish the taxpayer a copy of the
completed return, (2) failure to sign
the return, (3) failure to furnish
identifying numbers. Tax prepar-
ers will also be subject to a $250
penalty for underpayments of tax
due to taking unrealistic positions
and a $1,000penalty for understate-
ment of liability due to willful or
reckless conduct.
"Taxpayers will be subject to new
3 and 4 tiered penalties for failure to
provide identifying information on
information returns and for failure
to make timely deposits. Taxpayers
will also be subject to a 15 percent
per month penalty for up to a maxi-
mum of 75 percent for fraudulent
failure to file."
Joining the members forthe noon
luncheon meeting in the Southern
Motor Inn Restaurant were Rotary-
Ann Freddye White and Michael
B. Dear of Palestine. Robert Peavy
and Dwight Parsley of Jacksonville
were visiting Rotarians.
Singletary
Memorial Library
By: Peggy McArthur
LIBRARY HOURS: Monday 1-6
p.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs-
day and Friday 12 noon - 5 p.m.
STORYUME: Wednesday 10:30
- 11 a.m., pre-schoolers three and
up. January is "Dinosaur Month* at
Story Time.
NEW BOOKS:
The Tempting of America: The
Political Seduction Of The Law
- Robert H. Bork - This is an indict-
ment of the entire legal process
written by the unsuccessful Su-
preme Court nominee.
Brain Power - Vernon H. Mark
- Learn the how-to of maintaining
and enhancing brain power. The
author is a researcher and neuro-
surgeon.
NEW FICTION:
Mystery - Peter Straub • Tom
Pasmón has an obsession with mor-
tality and this leada him into chill-
ing episodes in the investigation of
murders.
Harmful Intent - Robin Cook - A
fatal medical mishap ruins Dr. Jef-
frey Rhodes career. He takes mat-
ters in his own hands and tries to
discover the cause of death.
The Peacock's Feather - Sarah
Woodhouse - A baby is born in an
inn to a mysterious girl who soon
dies. Two bachelors take over the
responsibility.
Correction...
The story in last weeks Cher-
okeean/Herald on the Marjorie
McGaughey family gathering was
not complete. There were others
attending who were inadvertently
left out Those omitted were Mf.
and Mrs. Don Henley and Lyn of
Alto and Mr. and Mrs. Charley
Rogers of San Antonia
'Roundabout...with Marie Whitehead
The traditional "12 days of Christ-
mas" have passed and here we are
in the middle ofthe second week of
the New Year, tho New Decade!
And already, some planners have
leaped over 1990, 1991 and moved
to 1992 when we will do...what?
Reflecta moment... 1492...Columbus
sailed the Ocean Blue. Remember?
A mere 500 years ago...sure you do!
Oct. 12,1992 will be celebrated
ás Columbus Quincentenary,
"The Day of Discovery, The Con-
tact Years, First Encounters,"
in essence a "Clash of Cultures"
when the millions of Native
Americans stood on the shores
of their homeland and greeted
with suspicion, strange speak-
ing foreigners.
This event is expected, or pre-
dicted by some, to overshadow all
other celebrations in this nation's
past. Many nations and heads of
state will participate. Get ready for
speeches, replica caravels sailing
from the Old World to the New, TV
documentaries, books and souve-
nirs to commemorate the year and
event.
But while we're thinking and
planning Columbus Day *92, we
have just a few things to accom-
plish between now and then!
High on the major events list for
this area is the rapidly ap-
M
opening of the 1990 season for
Texas State Railroad.
After last year's record-setting
spring rains, our hoped for efforts to
entertain tourists were thwarted.
Operations from the Rusk Depot
were minimal due to washed out
tracks and damaged trestles. Re-
pairs have now been accomplished,
and though we desperately need
more rain, who really dares to hope
big! Aren't we a difficult-to-please
species on Earth? When we get what
we ask for, we frequently complain
about even that. Truthfully, though,
the rain of '89 was needed, but not
that much!
So, as we enter the prepara-
tory season for TSR we do so
with gratitude already to The
Dallas Morning News for its
more than one-half page of his-
torical/tourism information
with photos and a how-to-get-
there map which appeared in
the Dec. 31 issue. Billie Normar ,
free lancer from Brownfield, is
to be commended for the well
written story. A big vote of
thanks is due our friend, Don-
nis Baggett, state editor for The
Dallas Morning News, whose
duties, among many, call for the
scheduling of such coverage as
this.
We take our rich historical past
for granted, but when it appears in
the respected Morning News, we
can really let our chests swell, like
the red bréaBted robin right out my
window, and say with great pride,
"This is part of who I am!"
And now with most of the
damage restored after the holi-
day season, record low temps,
and after a wonderful, rainy
weekend this past, perhaps we
can look forward, with the birds
to a promising spring. It's a style
of life, so to speak, this thing
called living with hope in the
heart.
To wrap this up, and it's no joke,
just a fact which seems funny in
retrospect. Things of pain are never
funny at the time...only later. A few
weeks ago when it was so very cold,
ice frozen four to six inches in thick-
ness over stock ponds. Joe Ray
Ocker's was no exception. One ofhis
young calves got started on a skit-
tering slide across a frozen pond,
then was unable to stand up and
walk out! Must have been a bad
feeling for the frightened animal.
Fortunately for Joe Ray, his
son Dr. Jerry Ocker (the den-
tist), knows how to throw a rope!
Dr. Ocker lassoed the helpless
animal and sort of pulled him
off the frozen ice. Where are the
cameras in such tender, help-
ing moments of life!
Our only advice in the New
Year—stay ready...it may happen
any minute... whatever^ is! Until
next week? -mw
80 YEARS AGO-Bght eariy papermakeis stand beside the first roll of newsprint) made at
Champion's LufVIn mill on Jan. 17,1940. The mill's No. 1 paper machine, which made the
paper, is still In operation at the mill.
Champion International clelebrates anniversary
50 years: Trees to newsprint
Employees at Champion Interna-
tional Corporation's Lufkin mill,
joined by other East Texans, will
commemorate on Jan. 19-20the50th
anniversary of the first mill to pro-
duce newsprint from southern pine
trees—an achievement once consid-
ered impossible.
The celebration will include a re-
ception at the Lufkin Civic Center
on Friday night, Jan. 19, for
Champion's customers and East
Texas guests—including the dedi-
cation of a bust of Dr. Charles H.
Herty, inventor ofthe process which
made the manufacturing feat pos-
sible.
An open house and mill tours will
follow on Saturday, Jan. 20, from 11
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Champion President L.C.
(Whitey) Heist of Stamford, Con-
necticut, will head up a contingent
of Champion executives who will be
in Lufkin for the weekend.
More than five decadeB ago, dur-
ing the gloom of America's Great
Depression, Lufkin lumberman
Ernest L. Kurth sat down to have
lunch with Dr. Herty, then a little-
known chemist from Georgia.
"At the time, many paper manu-
facturers considered the high resin
contentof southern pine a deterrent
to making newsprint, believing the
resin would gum up their machin-
ery," explained Paul Riehle, vice-
preBident and operations manager
of the Lufkin mill.
Dr. Hert/s experiments in Savan-
nah in the 1930*8 suggested the resin
obstacle could be overcome and East
Texans bega n to champion the cause
of newsprint manufacturing.
Bouyed by Hetty's findings, Kurth
and his associates began to seri-
ously consider building a newsprint
mill. In 1937, E.M. (Ted) Dealey,
publisher of The Dallas Morning
News, called a meeting of Southern
publishers who had advocated the
construction of a Southern mill since
the 1920*8 as the means to reduce
their dependence on foreign suppli-
ers. After listening to Kurth, the
publishers pledged orders of over
30,000 tons of newsprint a year.
Armed with a $3.4 million Recon-
struction Finance Corporation loan
frt>m the Roosevelt administration,
$1.5 million from publishers and
others, and 110,000 acres of timber-
land, Southland Paper Mills, Inc.
was founded at Lufkin in 1938.
Construction of a mill began a
year later and in Jan. 1940, the mill
cranked out its first newsprint—an
achievement front-paged by news-
papers in Texas—on a 260-foot paper
machine capable of producing 150
tons a day.
Former Lufkin Mayor Pitser Gar-
rison, a young attorney in 1940, re-
members that the mill started an
economic turnaround in the piney-
woods.
"All over East Texas, there was a
tremendous amount of pulpwood
timber, but we lacked the manufac-
turing facilities to utilize it," recalls
Garrison. "The startup of the mill
not only provided a market for that
pulpwood, but created hundreds of
new jobs, both in the mill and in the
woods, during a time when they
were critically needed."
The Lufkin mill was acquired by
St. Regis Paper Company in 1977
and St. RegiB merged with Cham-
pion in 1984. Ironically, Champion
had a little-known role in the 1940
startup at Lufkin by providing from
its Pasadena, Texas, paper mill the
chemical pulp that was needed in
the newsprint pulp blend. Lufkin
later built its own chemical pulp
mill.
Lufkin's ability to make news-
print from southern pine fiber
turned the heads of other Southern
manufacturers and today the South
is one of the principal newsprint-
producingregions with about 15 per
cent of the world supply.
The Lufkin mill has expanded
several times since 1940 and now
produces about 1,200 tons a day on
four paper machines, including the
original No. 1.
From 250 employees in 1940, the
mill now employs about 1,000 with
an annual payroll of $41 million.
The mill also uses about 1,500 cords
of pulpwood a day, buying most of it
from East Texas tree farmers at a
cost of more than $31 million a year.
The Texas House of Representa-
tives in 1989 paid tribute to the
Lufkin mill with a resolution that
said the mill had brought "wide-
spread economic growth to East
Texas through the creation of thou-
sands of manufacturing and har-
vesting jobs, the purchase of pine
timber from farmers, ranchers and
other landowners in many counties,
and through contributions made by
the Lufkin Mill to dozens of commu-
nities in the East Texas area."
Sheriff's Report
Cherokee County Sheriff Jimmy
Dickson reported that during the
reporting period of Dec. 31, 1989
through Jan. 6,1990, the Cherokee
County Sheriff's Department filed
15 offense reports and answered a
total of 81 calls.
There were 15 offense reports filed
and they are as follows: two bur-
glary of habitation, two burglary of
building, four thefts, one incident
report, two unauthorized use of
motor vehicle, two assaults, one
family violence and one enticing a
child.
Sheriff Dickson stated that dur-
ing the reporting period his depu-
ties arrested Jerry Dale Jones and
cleared approximately 15 burgla-
ries. Also arrested in these inci-
dents was Joe Stringham. Warrants
hove been issued for a third subject
in connection with these incidents.
In another incident, two Troup
residents, Colby Ellis and David
Pate were arrested for burglary of a
habitation and placed in the Chero-
kee County jail. According to Sher-
iff Dickson, the arrest of these two
subjects may clear five residential
burglaries. Sheriff Dickson stated
that warrants have been issued for
another subject in reference to a
burglary in the Troup area.
In other activity, the Cherokee
Count Sheriff's Department recov-
ered a 1972 Ford Pick up stolen
from Athens and a Prowler travel
trailer Btolen from the Waco area.
Sheriff Dickson stated that 47
people were placed in the Cherokee
County Jail during the reporting
period.
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