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Livestock show opens Thursday
Steven Torres poses proudly with his Hoistein calf, Bridget. Steven is a peewee
4-H member and will show in the open dairy class in the Cherokee County Junior
Livestock Show, which takes place March 19-21.
The 347 4-H and FFA entrants in the
49th annual Cherokee County Junior Live-
stock Show and Exposition will compete
for the rewards of their months of hard
work March 19-21 at the Will A. Lewis
Showbarn on Loop 456 in Jacksonville.
Entrants may show dairy and beef ani-
mals, goats, chickens, rabbits, horses,
swine, and shop projects. They have an
opportunity to sell their projects in the
auction following the show. All of the
projects purchased at the auction are
bought by area businesses, dairies, banks
and individuals in Cherokee County. Chil-
dren and adolescents ranging from 5-19
may participate in the show.
East Texas is rich in agricultural heri-
tage. FFA and 4-H clubs give young
people something to do that requires te-
nacity and responsibility. The Cherokee
County Junior Livestock Show and Expo-
sition provides the stage for these young-
sters to display their handiwork and be
rewarded monetarily for their success.
Livestock show judges include: James
Greer, San Augustine, poultry; Rick
Livestock Show Queen
Candidates on pg 12
Hirsch, Athens, goats; Matt Garrett,
Mount Pleasant, swine; Max Sudweeks,
Overton, dairy; Frank Farrow, Lufkin,
rabbits; Dan Froneberger, Winona, shop;
and Dr. Joe Gotti, Stephen F. Austin State
University, beef and horses.
Jimmy Walley serves as this year's show
chairman. Committee chairmen include:
Jackie Self, beef; Dennis Kennedy, dairy;
Richard Cameron, swine; Dansell Will-
iams, goat; Tamra Bolton, poultry; Randy
and Renee Burton, rabbits; Ferrell Hardy,
hop; and Ralph "Buster" Kahla, horses.
Board officers are: Patrick Bailey, presi-
dent, Jimmy W alley, president-elect; Jerry
Simms, treasurer; and Susan Daniels,
secretary.
"Everyone is invited to come out and
enjoy all of the festivities of this year's
show," state show officials. "There is no
charge for admission."
1998 Livestock Show
Thursday, March 19
Friday, March 20
6-9 a.m.
Livestock check-in
10 a.m.
Poultry division judging
Dairy goat judging
1 p.m.
Swine division judging
2 p.m.
Dairy division Judging
5 p.m.
Rabbit division Judging
Saturday, March 21
8 a.m.
Beef division Judging
9 a.m.
Shop division Judging
1 p.m.
Horse division Judging
5 p.m.
Barbecue supper
5 p.m.
Queen's pageant
6 p.m.
Shop project sale
6:45 p.m.
Annual meeting
7 p.m.
Livestock sale
-Cherokeean/Herald
Plane crashes near Turney
The Federal Aviation Administration is investi-
gating the cause of a small plane that crashed at
a private airstrip.
The accident occured near Turney last Satur-
day at approximately 5:30 p.m. The pilot, John
Lewis Ward of Athens, was not injured.
"The passenger was not injured, just shaken
up," said State Trooper Wayne Davis, who was
called to investigate the incident. "He was in the
air when he noticed engine trouble, and attempted
to land."
Mr. Ward was planning to land at the Cherokee
County Airport Saturday evening, when his en-
gine began to stall. He had noticed a small
landing strip, belonging to Russell Bolton, that he
had passed a few minutes before.
He chose to make an emergency landing at the
small strip rather than attempt to navigate the extra
minutes to the Cherokee County runway.
There was no major property damage. The plane
was traveling at too great a speed to stop at the end
of the landing strip. It went through a fence, over
the adjoining county road and into the next pas-
ture. A wing was torn off as the plane swept past
a tree.
The detached wing rests about 100 meters
from the aircraft. The pasture in which the craft
rests is located across the road from the actual
landing strip.
A missing portion of the wing is the main extent of the damage of the incident which occurred
Saturday night. The pilot, John Lewis Ward of Athens, was uninjured.
Richard East
wins nomination
by single vote
In a ballot recount
Tuesday afternoon, Ri-
chard East was named
the winner of the Re-
publican nomination
for countyjudge by only
one vote.
Recount total was
Mr. East, 473 votes and
Mrs. Hudson, 472
votes.
Mr. East had won
the party's nomination
by only three votes 473-
470. At that time chal-
lenger Mrs. Hudson
called for a recount.
Mrs. Hudson was re-
sponsible for paying for
the recount.
"Cost is not known,"
said Jerry Rix, Repub-
lican chairman Tues-
day afternoon. Mrs.
Hudson put up $420 in
the beginning, he said,
but noted that she will
get approximately $200
back.
Mr. East will face the
incumbent County
Judge, Democratic
Richard East
Nancy Hudson
nominee Harry Tilley, in the Nov. 3 general election.
Candidates file for May 2
city, school district elections
Deadline for filing concluded at
5 p.m. Wednesday for city and
school trustee positions. Elections
have been called for Saturday, May
2.
Three incumbent Rusk
councilmem-bers have filed for re-
election. They are Gloria Guinn
Jennings, District 3; Thomas Par-
sons, District 4; and Charles
Horton, District 5. Filing against
Mrs. Jennings is Christie A.
Beathard.
Terms of RISD school trustees
John Cunningham, Mike Ross and
Dan Lade expire with the election.
Filing as candidates are Mr. Ross
and Mr. Lade, incumbents; and
David Fulton and Bobbie Floyd.
Incumbent Kathleen Cornelison,
Britt Smith and Garwin Baugh,
former city councilman and former
mayor, have filed for positions on
the Alto City Council ballot. Three
council seats are up for election.
Terms of Jerry Jones, Mrs.
Cornelison and Glenn Willhite
expire with the election.
Positions of Rev. Odis Bryan and
Randy Sturrock on the Alto School
Board expire. Rev. Bryan has in-
dicated that he will not seek re-
election. Filing for positions on
the school board by mid-afternoon
Tuesday were Incumbent Randy
Sturrock, G. L. Skinner, Dwain
King, Don White, Jimmy Lee
Hugghins, Judy Johnson and
Karen Selman.
Terms of Wells Mayor William
Bailey and Councilmembers Lloyd
R. Richardson and Gary Burke
expire with the election. Mayor
Bailey and Councilman Burke
have filed for positions on the bal-
lot.
Incumbent Danny Colvert, In-
cumbent Larry Bailey and Doug
Glesmann have filed as candi-
dates for the Wells ISD board.
Terms of William Durham, Mr.
Bailey and Mr. Colvert expire
with the election.
Inside
■ Rusk students participate in science fair pg 3
■ Obituaries pg4
■ Accreditation visit set for state hospital pg 5
■ Civic theatre announces new cast pg 7
■ Rusk Water Corp. elects officers pg 8
■ Rusk City Council agenda set pg 11
■ Baseball homecoming planned pg12
■ Livestock Show queen candidates pg 12
Ruskite takes belongings of school
explosion casualty to new museum
Last week, Marie Lloyd of
Rusk boxed memorabilia belong-
ing to her late sister-in-law,
Arzell Lloyd, and donated it to
the London School Museum. The
London museum is scheduled to
open on March 21.
The belongings of the 13-year-
old London sixth-grade student
were stored by her mother, the
late Bessie Lloyd, in a trunk in
the Lloyd home.
Among the items in the trunk
were copies of the Weekly
Reader issues of Jan. 28-31 and
March 1-5. The January issue
featured a story of Amelia
Earhart's planned flight around
the world. The March issue fea-
tured a story on President
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
There was a photo of Arzell
and her brother, Joe Earl (Joker)
Lloyd, Marie Lloyd's late hus-
band.
Other items included the 13-
year-old's jack, dolls, clothing, a
scarf she had made and a Mickey
Mouse watch, which she had
failed to wear that day because
the crystal was missing.
Mrs. Lloyd took a poll tax re-
ceipt for Arzell's father, Jim
Lloyd, a sympathy note from
London School trustees and
cards from floral arrangements
at the funeral.
Also, there was a note from
the doctor, who said Arzell was
16.5 pounds underweight.
Marie Lloyd displays a school book found in the belongings of
her late sister-in-law, Arzell Lloyd. She plans to donate items to
the museum of the London school explosion in March 1937.
Mrs. Lloyd said the youngster
had begged to stay home on the
day of the explosion, but her
mother had sent her to school any-
way, a decision that Bessie Lloyd
regretted the rest of her life.
Arzell's brother, Joe Earl, had
been dismissed from school early
and was out of the building at the
time of the explosion. He ran sev-
eral miles, even through bar
ditches, to get home to deliver the
message that the school had ex-
ploded and his sister was inside.
An uncle, Lawrence Wallace and
other relatives, searched for three
days before they identified the
body. Everyone's hair looked the
same and identification was diffi-
cult. Arzell was finally identified
by a mole and a ring that she was
wearing.
Arzell Lloyd is buried in the
Lynches Chapel Cemetery near
Alto.
On the day of the funeral an-
other family came to Lynches
Chapel and tried to claim the
body. However, it was determined
because of the unique identifica-
tion that the body was that of
Arzell Lloyd.
Jim Lloyd, the children's fa-
ther had refused to allow Arzell's
name to be placed on the marker
at the site of the exploded school.
However, Mrs. Lloyd said last
week she was able to get the
name added to the list of casual-
ties on the marker.
Sidewalk
grant
approved
H $150,000 will enhance
Main Street project
It'sofficial. Rusk's$150,000Texas
Capital Fund grant has been ap-
proved by the Texas Department of
Economic Development.
The grant will provide infrastruc-
ture improvements such as water,
sidewalks, lighting, utilities and
parking. The improvements will be
constructed in accordance with the
Texas Historical Commission's
Main Street program.
"Martha Neely (Rusk Main Street
Coordinator) did a wonderful job
applying for the grants. I fully
support the Main Street program,
and am excited that it will benefit
Rusk," said Mayor Emmett White-
head.
The Texas Capital Fund/Texas
Community Development Program,
which is a part of the U.S. Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban
Development's Community Devel-
opment Block Grant Program, pro-
motes economic development in ru-
ral areas by providing financial in-
centives to cities and counties with
populations of less than 50,000 and
200,000, respectively. Incentives
support the relocation or expansion
of business into the communities to
create new jobs and/or retain exist-
ing jobs, primarily for low and mod-
erate income persons.
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