The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 23, 1942 Page: 1 of 8
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The Rusk Cherokeean
Successor to "The Pioneer" Established 1847
VOLUME 96
RUSK, CHEROKEE COUNTY TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1942
NUMBER 26
C of C Banquet
Is Pronounced A
Great Success
Fred Florence Brings
Stirring Address To
His Old Friends
The Rusk chamber of commerce
banquet held last Friday nght was
pronounced a great success from the
splendid meal prepared by the women
■of the Methodist church to the stir-
ring address delivered by Fred Flor-
ence, Dallas banker, who spent his
early life in Rusk and received his
education in Rusk schools.
E. R. Gregg served as toastmaster.
A song, "God Bless America," led
iby Lewis McCarroll was followed by
•the invocation by Rev. D. C. Bandy.
Following the serving of the meal
visitors and officers were introduced
by Mayor M. M. Guinn after which
James I. Perkins delivered the Pres-
ident's message. H. H Carsey and his
high school orchestra furnished spec-
ial music after which Rev. S. L.
Culwell led the group in a special
tribute to national heroes.
B. B. Perkins, in introducing the
speaker, recalled Rusk as it was at
the time Mr. Florence came to Rusk
as an in? nt daring New Birming-
ham days and paid a glowing tribute
to the speaker ef the evening
Mr. Florence expressed his happi-
MEN OF WAR
WILEY SHATTUCK WINS
SPECIAL COMMENDATION
Pvt. Wiley B. Shattuck, of Rusk,
Texcis, was graduated with special
honors from the Casey Jones School
of Aeronautics July 8 at Newark,
New Jersey.
At the commencement exercises,
Pvt. Shattuck was, awarded a diplo-
ma "With Distinction". The graduat-
ing class was the largest in the his
tory of the Casey Jones School. On-
ly one other diploma "With Distinc-
tion" was awarded. The special' diplo-
ma was signed by Brigadier General
John C. McDonnell.
The Casey Jones School of Aero-
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f
ness at being back in Rusk and meet- ; |lautic8 is ont of several schools be_
ing so many of his former associates, j jng conducted by the Almy Ait. Forcej
then launched into a patriotic address j Technical Training Com mad under)
in which he called upon all to unite
in presenting a common front against
the enemy. He condemned all' who
would let little matters like tires,
sugar or gasoline bother them as long
as men are dying because of lack of
these essentials of war.
He complimented the Rusk chamb-
er of comerce on the splendid work
it was doing and expressed a belief
that the financing of the blast furn-
ace hete will be worked out.* He was
applauded when he remarked that all
the money in Dallas has not been in-
vested in the plant at DangerfieM
and that help will be forthcoming
from his adopted city.
Soil Conservation
Money Doubled
For This Year
Shifting Part Of
AAA Payments
Is Responsible
Cherokee county farmers will have
two times more money for soil-
building work this year than in 1941,
H. W. Walker, chairman, Cherokee
county AAA committee said this
week.
The soil-building allowance for the
county under the 1942 program is
approximately $132,000.00 as com-
pared with $68,000.00 last year's pro-
gram. Shifting a portion of AAA
payments which formerly were made
for seeding within special acreage al-
lotments, accounts for the increase. .
Shortages of l'abor, equipment and
machinery probably can be off-set if
conservation practices are started
earlier than usual. Instead of waiting
until the last two or three weeks of
the program year to carry out con-
servation practices, work should be
completed in plenty of time to earn
maximum payments this year, Mr.
Walker said.
Practical conservation practices
which may be carried out during the
next few weeks included terracing,
furrowing, contouring, and chiseling
non-crop pasture, building tanks and
reservoirs and planting non-leguml
inous green manure or cover cops.
USO Over The Top
By Total Of $257
A final check-up by Melvin Ses-
sions, drive chairman, shows that
Rusk went over the top for the USO
slightly in excess of $257. The Rusk
quota was $800.00 and the total de
posited was $1,057.15, the chairman
announced.
Mr. Sessions said he wanted all
who took part in the drive and all
who contributed to the fund to know
that their cooperation is sincerely
appreciated
J. L. Bagley
Named Head Of
R. E. A. Board
Seven Directors Also
Elected At Annual
Meeting Here Monday
J. L. Bagl'ey of Rusk was elected
president of the Cherokee County El-
ectric Cooperative Association at the
annual membership meeting held
Monday in Rusk. He succeeds Har-
vey Holcomb. A. M.. C link-scales is
vice-president and Dudley Lawson,
secretary-treasurer.
Directors ei'ected at the meeting
which was held in the district court
room of the courthouse are,, J, L.
Bagley, Route 2, Rus;k; A- M.. Clink-
scales, Route 1 Tyler; Dudley Law-
son, Route 3, Alto; L. B. McMillan,
Reklaw; M. A. Florence, Route 2,
Troup; Joe S. Strickland, Route 4,
Jacksonville; T. E. Andrews, Route
2, Troup.
Attendance at the meeting was
smaller than usual because of the
tire situation but a fair representa-
tion of the membership was present. | products and brought to the center
Routine business was attended to and j where the women can them. They i
a report given by the president of j plan to can thirty-six containers perj
the board covered the activities of j pupil of beans, peafhas, tomatoes,;
the board of directors during the I peas, vegetable soup, kraut, corn and!
past year. Accomplishments revealed I butter beans.
chat the directors have been active]' Mrs. Minter Jones, chairman of
and tilled their posts in a satisfac-! the PTA told the county agent and;
tory manner. Buck Green, vocational te (ciher of^
The treasurer's report indicated a f'u-ak high school, who has been help-
successful year and revealed that the ; ing to work out the plans, that she !
,, , .. „ , ... , .cooperative is on a sound financial fteit this work to be as, important as
the command ot Major General' Wai- . . .. ,, , ,,,
... I basis. The attorney s report indicate-! : preparing rood tor the home. Miss
ter R. Weaver. The course con.-.sts , ,, , , . « n- t , • • , *
that all legal requirements are being j " due Ireadaway, principal of the
chool, returned to the
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Holcomb School Cans
Food For Children
The Parent Teacher Association at
the Holcomb school, district five miles
south of Rusk has worked out organ-
ization plans of feeding; the children
a hot. lunch, in the school for the: next
term.. The parents of the community
pool labor, supplies and material and
set aside each Thursday during the
canning season for the purpose of
canning food. Thirty pupils will be
in the school next season.
The men of the community built
cabinets and tables for the lunch-
room. They have also gathered the
MISS WILLIE TREADAWAY. prin-
cipal of the Holcomb school, is givin
Voters Ready
To Cast Ballots
Next Saturday
Interest Increases
As Election Day
Draws Nearer
Showing an increasing iuterest ire
matters political as the day of the-
election came ever nearer,, Cherokee
county voters are ready to go to the
polls Saturday to say the last word'
on who, will hold precinct, county and
state offices for the next two years.
Early in the campaign and until
about two weeks ago, politics was
seldom mentioned in Rusk unless
some candidate brought the matter
up. But during recent days there has
been a definite increase in- the inter-
est shown by voters in both local and
state offices.
Candidates will, check- the matter
up to the voters Friday night. Under
the terms of an agreement signed by
candidates this week there will be'
no passing out of- candidate cards or
literature on election day. This ac-
tion was taken to eliminate expense
and to avoid bothering voters who it
is generally agreed have their minds
cinct and county offices to fill where
made up by this time.
Local voters will have but six pre-
up a portion of her vacation period j th«« are "PPOsing candidates. They
to devote to canning food for the
school lunch room this winter. Above:
Scene at the community canning cen-
ter last Thursday.
of intensive training in mechanics
and aeronautics and is designed to
produce trained mechanic personnel
for ground service in the Army Air
Force.
Pvt. Shattuck is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert H. Shattuck of Rusk.
He enlisted in the Army Air Fore"
January 7, 1942
ANOTHER GROUP TO LEAVE
FOR MILITARY SERVICE
The following men are about to be
called for active duty in the U. S.
Army:
Robert Ernest Williams, Victor
Loyd Burns, Thomas Clayton Thomp-
son, Ei'ic Crawford, Irvin Leo Fel-
yier, Marion Ramon Collins, Claud
Weslie Rogers, Milo Moake, Henry
Brooks, Alton Parker .• >ver, Ted
Bowen, Jr., Je.-se Gilbert Hasty, Her-
man Clyde Patrick, William Coy
Hancock, Tommie Crawford Beard,
John VVih'ie Childress, Clyde Warren
Fitzgerald and Ollie Clifford.
GEO W. NELSON TO ATTEND
OFFICERS TRAINING SCHOOL
Sgt. Geo. W. Nelson has been se-
lected to attend Air Forces Adminis-
trative officers candidate school to
be held soon at Miami Beach, Flori-
da.
He is now stationed with 353rd
school squadron, Las Vegas Gunnery
School, Las Vegas, Nevada.
RUE MANESS AT NORFOLK
Rue Maness, who enlisted in the
naval construction corps several
weeks ago and has been subject to
call, left Wednesday of last week for
Norfolk, Virginia where he will re-
ceive his preliminary training.
Glynn Chappel enlisted in the naval
reserve about July 1. He is stationed
at Hendsley Field, Grand Prairie.
THREE GRANDSONS IN SERVICE
R. A. Gill has three grandsons in
the service. They are Robert Stroth-
er, with the marines at San Diego,
California since January 22; Corp.
Lawrence G. Strother, and John Wes-
ley iMcLeod, both with Co. A, 143rd
Infantry at Dilworth, N. C.
JOINS MARINES
Cader Shelby, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Shelby, received his final ex
amination for the marines last Sat-
urday and has been sent to San Die-
go, California for basic training.
He was a student at North Texas
State Teachers College.
Pvt. Carlton Lanier of Camp Polk,
La. spent Sunday with iMrs. Lanier.
Sgt. W. G. Scantlen, Jr. of Elling-
ton Field is visiting home folks.
Peck Acker, who has been station-
ed at the U. S. Naval Hospital in San
Diego, Cal. has been transferred to
Corpus Christi as an Aviation Medi
cine Technician.
Vernon Vaughn enlisted in the nav-
al construction regiment last week
in Dallas and is waiting to be called,
ti ued to gain, members and grow fi-
nancially in spite of restrictions im-
posed because of the national defense
program. The manager also reported
Ithat the Cooperative has invested
several' thousand dollars in war bonds
and is making prepayments on its
government loan.
After the meeting adjourned several
electrical prizes were given away
through a drawing of the nan.es of
members.
satisfactorily met. > pchool, returned to the community
The report of the manager reveal-' this summer to supervise the canning|
ed that employees have been on the j work. Miss Treadaway laid aside her j
job and have reached ail goals and j personal work for the summer in
met all requirements set up for them | order t0 do the community this ser-i
during the past year. He presented a j vice- She and members of the PTA.J
r '.nut showing the trend of progress I 'aave worked hard on. this lunch roo -.1
of t 1m Cooperative during the past i atui ttie credit should be given them,
two years revealing that it has con- j Mrs. Ray Magee and Mrs. Willie
Holcomb aai! other women of the
community are donating a day each
week to this work. Tana Alexander,
Wil mer Thompsos, Milton .Jones, Tom j
Jones, Ray Magee, Pat Holcomb. C. |
C. Fitts and Charles Fitts and other j
men of the community have donated i
one day each week to this work. The
writer of this article wishes to give j
full credit to Buck Green for the!
splendid work he has done in assist-
ing the organization plans of the pro-;
gram. The farm communities around i
Rusk will always find Mr. Green rea- j
dy to assist in any worthy commun-
ity cause. The community also wish-!
es to express its appreciation to all
who have helped in this program.
They stated last Thursday that this |
program* would increase the efficien-'
cy and health of the school children, j
—Reported j
Legion Meets
At Duren Lake
The local American Legion post
met Tuesday night at Duren lake
west of Alto with the Alto vets serv-
ing as hosts to the veterans. The
proposed fish fry was changed to a
barbecue supper when the fish rer
fused to cooperate.
About fifty vets were present and
all reported an enjoyable time. At a
short business session the collection
of scrap phonograph records was en-
dorsed.
Post Commander J. L. Long called
attention to a suggestion by the na-
tional commander that the American
Legion assist in obtaining elistmets
in the United States Navy. No action
on the proposal was, taken, but oppo-
sition was expressed to direct efforts
to influence boys in deciding which
branch of the service they should se-
lect.
The post commander reminded
members of the post that new offi-
cers will be elected at the August
meeting of the post. He urged that
all members plan to be present at
this important meeting.
Tomato Canning
Revives After
Short Slump
Both Plants
Likely To Operate
All Next Week;
Tomato receipts slumped to such a
low ebb about, the middle of last week
that the belief was general that the
season was nearing an end. Friday
and Saturday the volume again jump-
ed up to almost ;uak season tempo
and continued in the same manner
over the weekend with both plants j
operating double shifts with capacity j
output.
This midweek brought another;
slight slump hut receipts were beav-!
ier than last week and both plants i
operated night shifts. The belief was i
geaeial this week that there would
be plenty of tomatoes *o keep both
plants in operation at least through
next week.
Grisham Shop Now
Ready For Business
El'ton Grisham announces that he
has arranged temporary quarters and
has all his welding equipment restor-
ed and ready to go and has installed
a new lawn mower sharpenisg ma-
chine. His blacksmith and welding
shop and equipment were seriously
damaged by fire early Wednesday
morning of last week.
The damaged building is being re-
stored and he expects to be able to
move back into it by the first of next
week.
No successor has yet been named
for Mrs. Agnes Stone who recently
resigned as Home Economics teach-
er at the Rusk high school.
Sample Copies Sent Out This Week
This issue of the Cherokeean is going to every box holder on
Rusk rural routes whether or not they are subscribers.
This is being done to let them know that the paper is still' only
$1.00 per year in Cherokee county and to invite them to subscribe
now before it is necessary to increase the subscription price as has
been done by most newspapers.
Besides supplying you with the latest news available from the
county seat, the Cherokeean has. correspondents in practically all
communities. Many of them are so busy right now that they are
not reporting regularly, but this will not be the case after the har-
vest season is over.
The Cherokeean endeavors to use from one to three or four
local pictures' each week such as appear on this page today. Why
not mail in your dollar now or stop at the Cherokeean office this
weekend and have the paper sent to you regularly?
Seek To Bring
Rusk From Behind
In Bond Sales
Three Financial
Institutions To
Sponsor Campaign
Rusk's three financial institutions,
the Citizens State Bank, the Farmers
& Merchants State Bank and Trust
Company and the First Federal Sav-
ings & Loan Association of Rusk will
make a united effort to bring Rusk
from behind other Cherokee county
communities in reaching quotas in
war bond sales. Rusk and surround-
ing teritory never failed to go over
the top for the Red Cross, USO and
such organizations where money is
donated, bit for some reason has
lagged in the purchase of war bonds.
The bank- and building and loan
association have undertaken the sale
of bonds here as a free service to
the national government. They will
share equally in the expense of a
promotional campaign which starts
with this issue of the Cherokeean.
HIGHWAY CRASH KILLS ONE
A Mr. Vincent said to be from Ty-
ler was killed late Thursday after-
noon when his pickup and a log truck
driven by a Nacogdoches man collid-
ed about five miles north of Rusk on
the Jacksonville highway.
are commissioner, county attorney,,
treasurer, assessor-collector., county
superintendent and state representa-
tive. ,
Interest in the state races is cen-
tered on the governorship and the of-
fice of. United States Senator. Most,
political prophets give Governor Coke.
Stevenson, a long lead here for elec-
tion to his. first elective term hut few
] attempt to pick the winner in th
! -enate race.
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j County Clerk Meivin Sessions has,
i announced that, his office will receives
| the election returns as fast as they,'
are compiled and that they will be;
posted on the bulletin board on the
north side of the courthouse as fast
as received. The usual' election eight
crowd is expected.
Rusk voters will vote a.t three vot-
ing precincts instead of two as in the
past since Precinct No. 14. has been
split up to form Precinct, 31. Here is
where Ku-k people will vote.
Precinct 31: All peopie living with-
in a V including, the west side of
north Henderson street and the Pon-
ta highway and the. north side of
Palestine street are in the new pre-
cinct 31 and will vote in the former
Stovail grocery building at the north
east corner of the square.
Precinct 14: Unchanged from the
center of north Henderson street and
che Ponta highway. That is, all per-
sons living in east Rusk including
the east aide of north Henderson
will vote as they have in the past in
Precinct 14. Basement of courthouse.
Use south entrance, please, say el-
ection official's.
Precinct No. 1 is unchanged. Vot-
ers will cast their ballots in the
county court room. Use the west en-
trance, please
Absentee voting has been heavy
this year, it is reported by Melvin
Sessions, county clerk. Up to Thurs-
day morning of this week a total of
246 absentee ballots had been receiv-
ed by his office with more expected
before election day.
Twenty-nine sawmii - cut almost
Vfc of all lumber sawed in East Texas
New Tires Minus But
Recaps Are Available
Word comes from the tire ration-
ing board that hundreds of applica-
tions have been filed for new tires
with only a very few available and
that there is a very remote chance
for many to obtain them.
At the same time the board has had
considerably more recaps and re-
treads available than it has applica-
tions for this service.
The board has no authority to issue
an order for a racap or retread to
parties who have made application
for new tires. It is suggested that
farmers and others who come under
the eligible classification for re-
treads and recaps, change their ap-
plications if this will answer thefr
purpose. It is feared that the allot-
ment of this class of rubber will be
cut down unless it is used and it is
believed many would change their ap-
plication^ if they realized what little
aha nee they have to obtain new tirea.
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Main, Frank L. The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 23, 1942, newspaper, July 23, 1942; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth325904/m1/1/: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.