Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 143, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 1991 Page: 3 of 22
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Cherokeean/Herald of Rusk, Texas—Thursday, December 12,1991—PAGE THREE
OAK PARK CARE CENTER was third place winner in the Rusk Christmas parade
float contest. -staff photo
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Family shares
early holiday
eelebration
Mrs. Mae Anderson hosted her
traditional, early Christmas dinner
for family members last weekend.
Gathering for'dinner and the ex-
change of gifts were the following:
Dave, Shirley, Scott, Steve, Stu,
Karen, and Leslie Roberts all of
Richardson; Bonnye and Randy Ivy
of Houston with his fiancee, Brenda
Stadia of Austin; Wendee Whitehead
of Austin; Marie and Emmett
Whitehead, Robert, Terrie, Chris,
Sandy and Lauren and Qlen Everitt
of Houston, the hosteBs'B nephew.
It was the first time in several
years that all the family had been
able to attend the annual gathering.
Rusk Folks
Ophelia Williams was hostess
Saturday night for a Christmas
party for East Texas Medical Cen-
ter—Rusk office business staff
members at her home.
Ty Black wins Talent Find
Members of the Cherokee County
Farm bureau Board of Directors
were in Lubbock last week to at-
tend the Texas Farm Bureau State
Convention.
Also, attending the convention
were Susan Porter, daughter of
Margaret and Harold Porter of Rusk
and Ty Black, son of Cheryl and
Harrison Black of Alto. The two
youths represented Texas Farm
bureau District IXin the Miss Texas
Farm Bureau and Talent Find con-
test. They were eligible to compete
in Lubbock by winning the local
contest and then the district con-
test which consisted of a 21-county
are that were held in June and July.
Miss Porter is reported to have
represented Cherokee County well
and local delegates felt she should
have placed. They hope she will
compete again in 1992.
Black won the State Talent Find
competition and had his scholar-
ship increased to $2,000.
Cherokee County Farm Bureau
was named as one of the "Top Ten"
counties receiving the Information
and Public Relations Award this
year. These counties displayed as
outstanding effort in getting the
Farm Bureau message out to the
public through their local media,
involvement in their community
and communications with members
about Farm Bureau services and
eventa.
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Jfoiicfay Open Jiouse
3p.m. untilS p.m. Friday, December 13, 1991
, 10S Sou/A JICain ó/reel
J^usÁ, C7exas
Earn as high as 8.10%
Taxable Savings versus
Tax Deferred Annuity
FEDERAL HOME LIFE INSURANCE CO.
Prepared for: Client Prepared by: Frank Bowden, CLU
Deposit: $10,000 Tax Rate: 28%
Reg. Save Rate: 5.00%
Annuity Int. Rate: 7.00%
Taxable
Tax
Befwe
After
Year
Savings
Deferred
Tax
Tax
End
Growth
Annuity
Advantage
Advantage
1
$10,360
$10,700
$340
$144
2
$10,733
$11,449
$716
$310
3
$11,119
$12,250
$1,131
$501
4
$11,119
$13,108
$1,688
$718
5
$11,934
$14,026
$2,091
$964
6
$12,364
$16,007
$2,643
$1,241
7
$12,809
$16,068
$3,249
$1,553
8
$13,270
$17,182
$18,385
$3,912
$1,901
9
$13,748
$4,637
$2,289
10
$14,243
$19,672
$5,429
$2,721
11
$14,756
$21,049
$6,293
$3,199
12
$16,287
$22,522
$7,235
$3,729
13
$15,837
$24,098
$8,261
$4,314
14
$16,407
$26,785
$9,378
$4,958
16
$16,998
$27,590
$10,692
$5,667
16
$17,610
$29,522
$11,912
$6,446
17
$18,244
$31,588
$13,344
$7,300
18
$18,901
$33,799
$14,899
$8,236
19
$19,581
$36,165
$16,684
$9,258
20
$20,286
$38,697
$18,411
$10,376
(1)Tinbk Savings Growth — money market fund and certificate* of deposit
growing with taxaa paid annually.
(2) Tax Deferred Annuity - grows with no current taxes due.
(8) Before Tax Advantage - column 3 mi mm column 1. This column represents the
real value of a tax deferred annuity. It alao ehows how much interest you earn on
the money you would normally pay in income tax. A BIG D1FFKKKNOEI
(4) After Tax Advantage - assumes annuity is cashed in and income taxes paid.
Karty withdrawal charges and 10% tax penalty which MAY NOT be due are NOT
considered in calculation.
Tosh Insurance Agency
Ail Forms of Insurance
III E. Sixth, Rusk • (903)683-5433
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Susan Porter and Ty Black
'Tis the Poinsettia
Season says Pianta
By...WAYNE PLANTA,
County Extension Agent, Hor.
Cherokee County greenhouse
producers have grown around one
million poinsettias in the last few
months for sale all over the state.
Poinsettia production in Cherokee
County keeps greenhouse workers
employed in what would otherwise
be an off season.
The poinsettias that you buy have
a variety of names that you may not
be familiar with. Would you be
more likely to buy a poinsettia if you
knew its name was Supjibi, Lilo,
Celebrate or even just V-14? Proba-
bly not. Most people buy poinset-
tias for their colorful bracts; not for
their name. Forthatreason, almost
all poinsettias are sold with no vari-
ety names attached on the plant
label.
Two new poinsettias you might
see this year are Lemon Drop and
Peppermint. Lemon Drop has bright
yellow bracts over extremely dark
foliage. Peppermint is a poinsettia
bred to be a n a pri cot color, wi th some
spots. Look for these new varieties
at your garden center, but don't
expect them to be labeled with their
name.
Although the poinsettia (Euphor-
bia pulcherima) is among the most
traditional symbols of the Christ-
mas season, it was cultivated by the
Aztecs of Mexico long before the
introduction of Christianity to the
Western Hemisphere. These plants
were highly prized by Kings
Netzahualcyotl and Montezuma,
but because of climatic restrictions
could not be grown in their capital,
which is now Mexico City.
Perhaps the first religious conno-
tations were placed on poinsettias
during the seventeenth century.
Because of its brilliant color and
holiday blooming time Franciscan
priests, near Taxco, began to use
the flower in the Fiesta of Santa
Pesebre, a nativity procession.
Poinsettias were first introduced
into the United States in 1825 by
Joel Robert Poinsett. While serving
as the first U. S. Ambassador to
Mexico, he had occasion to visit
Taxco and found the plants grow-
ing on adjacent hillsides. Poinsett,
a botanist of great ability, had some -
plants sent to his home in Green-
ville, South Carolina.
After supplying his own green
houses, Poinsett also distributed
plants to various botanical gardens
and to some horticultural friends,
including John Bartram of Phila
delphia Hart ram, in turn, sup-
plied the plant to Robert Buist, a
nurseryman, who first sold the
plant as Euphorbia poinsettia. The
botanical name had already been
given by a German taxonomist in
1833 as Euphorbia pulcherrima.
The name poinsettia, however, has
remained the accepted name in
English speaking countries.
Despite popular opinion, poin-
settias are not poisonous plants.
However, they are not especially
tasty. On close examination you
will notice that the flowers of a
poinsettia are Bmall and rather
plain. The colorful portion of the
plants are the bracts, modified
leaves, which subtend the flowers.
While poinsettias will not sur-
vive freezing temperatures in our
area ofthe state, they can be planted
outside after danger offirost is past.
In South Texas where they can over-
winter outdoors, poinsettia plants
can attain a height of six feet or
more with a matching spread.
When you purchase a poinsettia,
you are more than likely buying a
plant grown in East Texas. The
poinsettia plant you are purchas-
ing was started from a cutting
planted in August and has been
given specific light, temperature
and fertilizer applications to de-
velop the beautiful bracts that make
this one of the most popular plants
of all time.
Educational programs conducted
by the Texas Agricultural Exten-
sion Service serve people of all ageB
regardless of socio-economic level,
race, color, sex religion, handicap
or national origin.
Although one in 10 people on
Earth are left-handed, one in four
astronauts are.
Cherokecaij/Herald
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Texas' Oldest Continuously
Published Weekly Newspaper
Estabfished as the Cherokee Sentinel,
Feb. 27,1850
Consolidation of The Cherokeean,
the Alto Herald, and
the Wells News 3 Views
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Cherokee County $13 pw year
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MR. AND MRS. DON CROSBY of Alto announce the
engagement and approaching marriage of their
daughter, Sherl Lynn to Tracy Smith of Bay City.
The couple will be married at 4 p.m. Dec. 14 at the
Old Palestine Baptist Church. They will reside in
Bay City. Family and friends are invited to the
wedding.
Some respite to husbands the weather may send,
But housewives' affairs have never an end. -Thomas Tusser
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