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The Rusk Cherokeean
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VOLUME 97
Successor to "The Pioneer" Established 1847
RUSK, CHEROKEE-COUNTY TEX \S, THURSiDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1943
NUMBER 37
Registration For
Ration Book Four
Slow On Start
Only 500 Books
Had Been Issued
Thursday At Noon
Registration for Ration Book No.
4 got off to a slow start Thursday-
morning at the Rusk high school with
only five hundred books issued up to
noon. The registration is much more
simple this time than previous regis-
trations and applicants move through
at a fast rate.
The teachers who are handling the
registration are at the same time
registering all women between the
ages of 20 and 50 at the request of
the war department as a part of the
woman-power survey.
MEN OF WAR
FUNERAL FOR CRASH VICTIM
Funeral services were held at
"Wells last Wednesday afternoon for
Sgt. Morris S. Parnell, son of Rev.
and Mlrs. H. D. Parnell of Wells, who
died in a bomber crash October 8,
near West Point Kentucky, in which
five crewmen were killed.
He had been in the service for three
years and seen fourteen months ae-
tive service in Puerto Rico.
YOUTHFUL AIR CORPS MAJOR
According to an article in the Ft.
Worth Press, Frank Moulton New-
<man, a nephew of Mrs. Jeanne Car-
gill and son of Charles H. Newman
of Fort Worth, formerly of Rusk,
has been promoted to major and B-17
Flying Fortress squadron command-
er in the U. S. Air Corps. He enter-
ed the air corps at Randolph Field
three years ago and was promoted
to Captain only last January. He is
now but twenty-six years old. His
father was born and reared in Rusk.
Among cadets now stationed at the
Army Air Forces Pref light School
for Pilots at the San Antonio Avia-
tion Cadet Center, is Aviation Cadet
Lewis J. Cowart of Rusk.
( Clinton Lowry, 17, son of Mrs.
Sophie Lowry of Rusk, has enrojled
in the United States Maritime Ser-
vice and was transferred Monday
night to the Apprentice Seaman
Training Station at St. Petersburg,
Florida, it was announced by Ensign
John S. Justin, Jr., Houston Enrolling
Officer.
Staff Sergeant Francis Acker, Ar-
mj Air Base, Kearney, Nebr., is vis-
iting nis father, John A. Acker and
other relatives this week.
Wyatt Norman Jr. has been given
a ^medical discharge from the Air
Corps. He is visiting his brotner, Lt.
Summers Norman at Corpus Christi.
John Marshall Acker, S2c, of San
Diego, Cal. visited his father, John
A. Acker last week.
Troy Lively, cox USN is in the ^
Naval hospital at Brooklyn, N. Y.
James W. -Brown Sic has been
promoted to SF3c Chief Petty Offi-
cer. He is in the U. S. Navy some-
where in the North Atlantic.
News has bqen received by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Rich-
ey, that Cpl. Emerson Richey, with
the Fifth A winy in Italy, is well and
has received two bars. One for good
conduct in Service and the other for
participation in the African theater.
Lt. and Mrs. Geo. Nelson Jr. of
Winfield, Kansas spent the weekend
in the Geo. Nelson home.
Capt. Thomas Fitts, 36th Division,
cabled homefolks that he is O. K.
(Corp. and Mrs. Frank Summers
and daughter Sally have returned
from San Antonio. Cpl. Summers
has been given a medical discharge
from the Air Corps.
Staff Sergeant Fraiser Parrott of
Gallatin, nephew and foster son of
Mrs. Dean Snow, writes from a Gen-
eral Hospital that he is O. K. and
had received the Purple Heart dec-
oration; hopes to be back in the fight
soon. Mrs. Snow had received a tele-
gram two weeks ago from the War
Departement that Sgt. Parrott was
wounded. Sgt. Parrott is in the 36th
Division. Mrs. Parrott and daughter
live in Dallas.
Large Group Of
Veterans Expected
In Rusk Saturday
State Commander's
Visit Stimulates
Membership Drive
Indications are that a large gath-
ering of war veterans will be in Rusk
Saturday night to hear State Legion
Commander Sam Forman when he
speaks in the district court room.
'{Members of the Jacksonville post
will also attend the meeting.
(Membership in Coleman-Isgate
Post 293 mounted tp eighty-two this
week as eight more veterans paid
their dues for the coming year. The
Rusk post is one of the largest in
this section of the state and a goal
of 100 had been set with hopes of
reaching it by Saturday night.
The most recent ones to get in
good standing are Bill McWilliams,
Richard C. Murphy, W. F. ""Johnson,
C. C. Tidwell, Claude Chism, Joe H.
McClendon, Paul M. Deal and E. C.
Clapp.
It was recently announced by Post
Commander James I. Perkins that
all who are in good standing by Sat-
urday night will be given early bird
imiembership cards signed by the
state commander.
Sheriff Frank Brunt
Deferred Six Months
On petitions handed Cherokee
County Selective Service Board No.
1, Sheriff Frank Brunt has been de-
ferred for six months it was an-
nounced Thursday.
Sheriff Brunt did not ask for de-
ferrment, a member of the board
stated.
GIVES BOOK TO LIBRARY
The Rusk 'Library acknowledges
the gift of a new book, '"Roy Bean
Law West of .hr Pecos," by C. L.
Sonnichso i. li'om Dr. W. P. Barron
of New YorJt Cit >.
BUSINESS iWOMEN MEET u
After attending to the business
matters of the club, the B. & P. W. on
Thursday night, October 14, wtere
favored with an address by Mrs. Vir-
ginia Scharborough of the Extension
Service of the University of Texas.
Mrs. Scharborough explained to the
club the importance of interesting
themselves in the welfare of the
young people who are left on the
home front without thinking less of
our boys in the service. She compli-
mented the club on their motion to
offer their assistance to the PTA in
sponsoring the Girl Scout Troop, and
also their willingness to assist in
setting up the recreation center foj.
the young people. Mlrs. Scharborough
stressed the point that with the close
loooperation of all the civic qlubs
much could be accomplished.
The club set Saturday night, De-
cember 4th as a tentative date for
sponsoring a 'Community Fun Night'
which they plan to have in the form
of a carnival.
Mrs. R. J. Persons and Mrs. L. C.
Stuver were welcomed as new mem-
bers into the club.
IRON MOUNTAIN H. D. CLUB
The Iron Mountain H. D. Club met
in the liome of Mrs. Vernon Grogan
October 14 at 3 p. m. for its regular
meeting.
The club welcomed Mrs. Manning
Bagley and Mrs. Gene Underwood as
new members.
Mrs. Cook gave a very, interesting
and helpful demonstration on how to
prepare the less tender meats. This
demonstartion will be very helpful
during these days of meat shortage.
The club also enjoyed seeing the
useful articles Mrs. Cook had on ex-
hibit for gifts.
The next 'meeting will be in the
home of Mrs. Gordon Sparkman Oc-
tober 28 at 3 p. m.
Refreshments were served the fol-
lowing mefttbers: Mesdames Man-
ning Bagley, Gene Underwood, Ed-
gar Banks, Arch Dear, L. N. Bolls,
Gordon Sparkman, G. B. Waggoner,
J. R. Westbrook and Kosella Cook.
PRESIDENT AUSTINITE CLUB|
Bobby McVicker, atudent at SFA
College, Nacogdoches, has been elec-
ted president of the Austinite Club,
the oldest boys' organization on the
campus.
Bobby, who is finishing his pre-
med work at Nacogdoches is also
vice president of the Chemistry Club.
Upon completion of his work at Nac-
ogdoches he will enter the Baylor
University School of Medicine.
He is the son of Mrs. Era McVick
er of Rusk-
DR. H. D. BRUCE, President of
the College of Marshall, is doing the
preaching at a revival at the First
Baptist Church which started Wed-
nesday and continues through Sun-
day, October 31. Coffee and donuts
are being served each morning at
seven o'clock with preaching services
at 7:15 both morning and evening.
Dr. Bruce started a revival here sev-
eral weeks ago which was interrupted
after three days by the outbreak of
infantile paralysis.
Tuesday Blast Furnace
Meeting Is Postponed
A telegram received here Thurs-
day imorning advised that Col. Mc-
Crossin had cancelled the scheduled
Tuesday meeting with the Defense
Plant Corporation and was in Chica-
go where it was assumed he was
working on the project.
It was assumed that Col. McCros-
sin was unable to complete all the
arrangements and prepare the data
for the Defense Plant Corporation
in the limited time at his disposal.
Bulah 4-H Club Boy
Wins Jersey Calf
' Carroll Wayne Mbseley, of the Bu-
lah community, was proclaimed the
winner of the registered Jersey heif-
er calf following an exhibit of his
Sears Roebuck sow at Tyler Tuesday
of this week.
The award was for producing the
best hog in the cow , sow and hen
program in the Cherokee County 4-H
Club.
National 4-H
Week Nov. 6—14
Texas' 103,000 4-H Club members
will join a million and a half fellow
members in the observance of Na-
tional 4-H Club achievement Week
scheduled Nov. 6-14. Club boys and
girls, local leaders land sponsors,
and county Extension workers now
are making their plans for the ob-
servance with the assistance of the
three 4-H club agents of the A. and
M. College Extension Service, L. L
Johnson, Onah Jacks and J. W. Potts.
Purpose of the national week is
to help 4-H members evaluate their
twar-time achievements, develop their
plans for a greater year in 1944, and
to give recognition to, outstanding
individuals and groups. Appropriate
awards of honor are being provided
by the Texas Extension Service for
distribution during the week.
In Texas, thousands of 4-H mem-
bers are meeting their pledge to
"feed a fighter and myself in '43."
They have helped protfUce and con-
serve food and feed. They buy war
stamps and bonds and sell them to
others. They have made outstanding
contributions to the collection of
scrap, state reports show. In addi-
tion to training for good citizenship,
4-H members help interpret the na-
tion's war program to the commun-
ity, practice democratic procedures,
and help guard their own health and
welfare and that of the community.
Extension workers agree one of the
greatest 4-H war-time contributions
has been in helping solve the farm
labor shortage.
H
Plan Campaign On
Cattle Grubs Here
George W. Johnson, District Agent
of A & M College Extension Service
and Piaul Gregg, entomologist, were
in Rusk Wednesday imorning confer-
ring with County Agent C-. Metz
Heald on a cattle grub control pro-
gram which will be launched in De-
cember.
Plans for the program were outlin-
ed. Mr. Heald stated that every cattle
owner in Cherokee county is urged
to cooperate in eradicating this de-
structive insect.
MISS ROBBIE McCLAIN, of Wa-
co, assumed her duties October 1 as
educational secretary of the First
Baptist church of Rusk. Miss McClain
worked with Rev. D. C. Bandy dur-
ing* his Waco pastorate.
Machinery Repair
Shops To Reopen '
Next Tuesday
Everybody Invited
To Take Advantage
Of This Service
The high school machine shop will
be opened and the machinery repair
course resumed at one o'clock next
Tuesday afternoon, it was announced
this week by Lee Parmley, vocation-
al agriculture teacher at the Rusk
high school. The shops will be open
four days each week, Tuesday thru
Friday, from' one o'clock to seven
o'clock each day. John Richards will
be the instructor.
The course is open, not only to
fanners, but tcr anybody who has ma-
chinery or equipment needing repair,
Mr. Parmley said.
Cotton Ginnings
Still Lead 1942
Altho the 1942 cotton crop exceed-
ed 1941 by a wide imargin, ginnings
reported to October 1 of this year are
far ahead of 1942. The report shows
5,899 bales ginned prior to the first
of the month compared to 3,480 bales
ginned to the same date in 1942.
Up to October 18, 1942 a total of
5,599 bales had been ginned com-
pared to 3,964 to October 18, 1941.
Driver's Licenses
Should Be Renewed
All car drivers are r&minded that
they can get application blanks for
renewal of driver's licenses at the
office of Justice of Peace E. D.
Spinks, as well as the envelope foj*
mailing.
The blanks should be filled out and
sent with the renewal stub from the
old license and a anoney order for
fifty cents for each license. Any li-
cense can be renewed now regardless
of its expiration date.
Ration News
The A, B, C, series of Green
stamps in War Ration Book IV will
be valid to ibuy rationed processed
foods from November 1 through De-
cember 20. v
These Green Stamps will be used in
exactly the same manner as the Blue
Statmp in War Ration Book II.
The last Blue Stamp in War Ration
Book II—series X, Y, and Z became
valid October 1 ;<nd .remain good
through November 20. This means
that between November 1 and No-
vember 20, two separate sets of
stamps may be used to buy processed
foods.
Consumers will use Stamp No. 29
in the new War Ration Book IV for
buying sugar beginning November 1,
1943.
The new Stamp No. 29 will main-
tain the present consumer ration for
a(nother 2% months period, being
good for five pounds of sugar thru
January 15, 1944.
Sugar stamps in the new War Ra-
tion Book IV are on the last page.
They are numbered from 29 through
40, and each stamp is marked with
the word "Sugar."
India has 300 textile mills working
to supply the United States army
with uniforms suitable for hot cli-
mates.
Soil Conservation
Plans Submitted
To Headquarters
Supervisors Elect
Officers For
Coming Year
The recently elected Cherokee
county soil conservation supervisors
met last Thursday and organized for
the coming year. W. A. Lewis was
reelected chairman, < L. L. Simpson,
Wells, vice-chairman, and J. E. Cates
Alto, secretary-treasurer. J. M. Vin-
ing and Stanley Greenwood are the
other two members.
At the same (meeting the plan for
the county was ready and approved,
according to County Agent, C. Metz
Heald, and then transmitted to the
state headquarters at Temple, and
to national headquarters.
J. M. Vining was elected delegate
to the state convention in November
with Stanley Greenwood as alternate.
It was agreed that should the state
•convention be held in this section of
the state the entire board of super-
visors will attend.
It was announced that W. H. Du-
puy, of Palestine, will serve as soil
conservation consultant for the na-
tional service.
Letters Mailed
Federal Land Bank
Lowers Interest Rate
J. A. Eidson, Secretary-Treasurer
of the Rusk National Farm Loan
Association, has recdiiVed informa-
tion that the Board of Directors of
the Federal Land Bank of Houston
has authorized the lowering of the
interest rate to 4 per cent on all
Federal Land Bank loans, made thru
national farm loan associations that
now 'bear interest rate at above 4
per cent per annum, effective July 1,
1944. —* —c —na*:*i
This reduction in the contract rate
of interest will affect about 80 per
cent of the Land Bank borrowers in
this area, according to Mr. Eidson.
Prior to 1935, he said, loans were
closed at 4 1-4 to 6 per cent, depend-
ing upon the cost of money- in the
bond markets at that time. All Land
Bank loans have been made at a
contract rate of 4 per cent since
March 1935.
"The action of the Board of Direc-
tors of the bank in effect guarantees
that the rate will not go higher than
4 per cent for the life of the loan,"
Mr. Eidson said. "This voluntary re-
duction of the contract rate of in-
terest is made possible by the suc-
cessful operation of the Land Bank
System of cooperative credit which is
designed to make available necessa-
ry farm credit at low rates and on
long terms."
Reading And Solo
Enjoyed By Kiwanians
A reading by Miss Marvinell Roten
and a vocal solo by Mrs. Joe B. Cope-
land provided the entertainment for
Kiwanians at the regular Tuesday
noon luncheon of the club at Deck-
ard's cafe Tuesday noon.
Following the entertainment fea-
tures President I. R. Hall appointed
a nominating committee to name
candidates for club officers for next
year and a committee to work with
the Lions club on scouting.
RED CROSS HONOR ROLL
Workers reporting at the Red
Cross Bandage room for the past
week include:
Wednesday, October 13, Mesdames
Carl Sherman, Geo. Francis, F. B.
Guinn, Lela W. Barrett, John Mc-
Donald and John Wightman.
Thursday, October 14, Mesdames
John Lester, D. C-. Bandy, J. R. Sim-
mons? W. D. Harris, R. N. York, Roy
Ginn,. Forrest Jones, L. E. Wratten
and G. M. Black.
Monday, October 18—Mrs. H. F.
Bolding, Mrs. W. P. Richey and Mrs.
S. L. Hudson
Tuesday, October 19—Mesdames
M M. Guinn, Geo. Francis, L. W.
Barrett, Woodman Shattuck and F.
B. Guinn.
Tuesday night—Mesdames Otto
Kinsel, F. L. Main, J. E. Copeland
and Tom' Holcomb.
Wednesday morning, October 20—
Mlrs. H. H. Carsey and Mrs. J. W.
Brown.
Silence is the fence around wisdom.
Soliciting Cash
For War Chest
Early Donors
Indicate People
To Be Generous
Judging from checks received from
contributors who have jumped 'the
gun 'by sending in their donation to
the United War Chest campaign be-
fore it is officially opened, the cam-
paign to raise $3,870.40 in the Rusk
area will receive the hearty support
of both people with sons in the ser-
vice and those without.
The first check received was for
five dollars from Mrs. Annie Jack-
son, now of Velasco. Accompanying
the check was a short note saying
that She had contributed to the cam-
paign at Velasco but she was not
forgetting the place from' which her
son entered the service.
The second out-of-town check, for
ten dollars, was received from form-
er District Judge J. W. Chandler,
who is now in Washington, D. C.
Both had read about the campaign
in the Cherokeean.
Several localities have also gotten
ahead of the opening gun! and their
contributions will be acknowledged
next week.
Over one thousand letters were
mailed out Thursday by Chairman
Melvin Sessions and Treasurer Lou-
ise Jones. Specific amounts worked
out by the War Fund Committee were
suggested as contributions from each
party addressed. The amounts were
based on a small per cent of the es-
timated incomes of those addressed.
However, it was pointed out that the
conapiittee does not have a full know-
ledge of all incomes and it is possi-
ble their suggestions may be out of
line. However, an effort was made to
give all the benefit of the doubt and
people are urged-to follow the sug-
gestion or exceed it if possible.
Lumbering Classed
Essential Industry
Tha War Manpower Employment.
Stabilization Plan for the Longview
Area is in effect ,as of 12:01 a. m.,
October 15, 1943, according to Hor-
ace W- Kershner, Acting Area Di-
rector.
The Longview Area Plan was de-
veloped for the Longview Area in ac-
cordance with the War Manpower
Commission's policy of decentraliz-
ing as 'much as possible the duties
and functions connected wth the ef-
fective stabilization of labor. The
plan is basically similar to a nation-
al pattern so that confusion will not
result when labor is handled on a
State or national basis.
The Longview Area Employment
Stabilisation Plan eovers basically
the same points as did the Limited
Employment Stabilization Plan,
which was in effect until supplanted
by the present plan. Some of the
principal differences are as follows^
This new plan takes in the lumb-
ering and non-ferrous metals activ-
ities and eliminates the Lumber and
Non-Ferrous Metals Labor Stabiliza-
tion Plan which has been in effect
since September 7, 1942. These in-
dustries will now operate as essen-
tial industries under the new plan.
This new plan changes for 30 days
to 60 days the length of time a work-
er must be out of employment before
■he can change from one essential
activity to another without a State-
ment of Availability or referral by
the U. S. Employment Service. \
The reasons for issuance of State-
ments of Availability by employers
have been broadened and clarified.
A section designating which work-
ers may 'be hired only through the
U. S. Employment Service is con-
tained in the new plan. This section
has been added on a national basis
for the purpose of better controlling
the migration of workers whenever
it becomes a necessity.
The United States Employment
Service offices in the Longview Area,
of which there are seven, have been
designated by Mr. Kershner as oper-
ating arms of the War Manpower
1 Commission to carry out the policies
] and functions of the W.M.C.
The Palestine U.S.E.S. office serves
, Anderson, Cherokee and Henderson
ounties.
Inquiries concerning the Stabiliza-
tion Plan, operations or functions of
the War Manpower Commission
should be addressed to the local U.
S.E.S. office concerned.
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