The Rusk Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 30, 1955 Page: 1 of 16
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Progress Report On Upper Neches Development
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Assurance that at least one j
large lake on the Neches River j
is being planned w a s given of- j
ficials of Jacksonville. Rusk and i
Palestine Friday night by the'
president of the Upper Neches
River Municipal Water Authority,
At a meeting held in Jackson-
ville, Frank W. Ebaugh, who has
headed the Authority since its cre-
ation two years ago, told mayors
and commissioners of the three
member cities a major Dallas en-
gineering firm and a nationally
known financing company have of-
fered to work with the Authority
and that negotiations are under
way for contracts with them.
He left no doubt that the Au-
thority plans to build a lake for
the three cities in the near future.
He said engineers will make plans
for reservoirs near Maydelle and
Blackburn Crossing.
Although preliminary engineer-
ing plans were made of the May-
delle lake location by Forrest and
Cotton, Dallas engineering firm,
several years ago, the discovery
of the Neches Oil Field made nec-
essary a revision in those plans.
The engineering report now re-
quired, Ebaugh indicated, will be
detailed, sufficient for financing
purposes, and covering new speci-
fications according to the ground
that can be flooded without inter-'
fering with the oil field.
Ebaugh's report, contained in a
detailed letter addressed to the
Jacksonville City Commission, fol-
lowed a request by Mayor R. C.
Buckner of Jacksonville for the
Authority to "cooperate" in the
building of a small reservoir for
Jacksonville on Gum Creek.
Before he read the contents of
the letter. Ebaugh explained that,
since the water authority was the
business of all three cities, he had
invited officials of all the cities,
and all the directors of the water
authority to attend the meeting.
At the conclusion of the report,
Mayor W. H. Hanna of Rusk and
Mayor R. H. Pickel of Palestina
endorsed the work of the authori-
ty and said their two cities were
still behind it. Pickel could not
attend the meeting in person, but
he was represented by all three
Palestine city commissioners. Ed
Stanford, spokesman for the
group, read a letter from Pickel
supporting the authority. Com-
missioners Harold Dietz and T.
C. Gregg were introduced.
The meeting brought at least
75 Jacksonville people to Texas
Bank & Trust Company offices,
and chairs were moved to the bank
lobby to accomodate the crowd.
Previously it had been planned i
to hold the meeting in the bank's;
community room, but the room
wasn't big enough.
Mayor Buckner, at the conclu-
sion of Ebaugh's report, said the
Jacksonville city government "has
rendered every cooperation (to ¡
the authority) and expects to con- ¡
tinue to do so." However, he
made it clear that he had not
dropped plans for th« Gum Creek
lake. "1 feel that if the project
on the Neches will require a long
time, Jacksonville will be in trou-
ble on water," he said, and added
that he did not believe a separate
lake built by Jacksonville would
hamper the Neches project.
Ebaugh then told the crowd
that "This board has come here
merely to state its position. It will
not continue any discussion with
any city on its water or other af-
fairs. I hope all of you will let
this water authority go on about
its business."
This was a reference to recent
correspondence between the city
commission of Jacksonville a n d
the three Jacksonville members
of the water authority, with May-
or Buckner arguing for a separ-
ate lake for Jacksonville.
In his letter replying to the city
commission, Ebaugh made the fol-
lowing points:
1. This is only a preliminary
report.
2. This is more than just a city
problem. Area needs for irriga-
tion, industrial growth, and com-
petition for large sources of wa-
ter should be considered. Our fu-
ture is at stake!
3. The Authority has already
accomplished 20 years of import-
ant benefits, in loss t h a n two
years. Co-operation is all that is
needed to finish the work.
4. The Jacksonville City Com-
mission was not asked to await
the outcome of State aid, and the
Authority has never depended on
it.
5. Federal aid, on a new basis
of local control, offers bright pro-
mise at an early date.
6. Our last legislation, only a
few weeks old, for the first time
allows us full freedom of action.
7. Discovery of the important
Neches oil field, while delaying
our work, is a very important de-
velopment.
8. Brown & Root, Inc.. are no
longer connected with this Au-
thority. Their engineering d a t a
cannot now be used.
9. Other outstanding engineer
ing and fiscal firms will be used
¡ im mediately to prepare final feas-
ibility and financing reports on I
two locations: A smaller one near j
Maydelle, and a largo one roar;
BlaoVburn Crossing. $12,000.00
will be spent immediately for j
this purpose.
10. Jacksonville is in no danger'
of a water emergency, ami there
is no urgent need for it to act on
a water supply now. In fact, it is
almost useless to add much more
water production until present
distribution facilities are improv-
ed.
11 Money now available to
Jacksonville needs to be spent on
facilities within the city, on ex
tension to new areas, and to re-
fund higher interest r a t e war-
rants.
12. Jacksonville will h a v e to
ask for another bond issue later,
if money now on hand is spent on
a water source.
13. Jacksonville is morally obli
gated to continue its support of
the Authority. Mr. Buckner agreed
to support it. and our people vot
ed overwhelmingly to do so.
14. Withdrawal of J a c k s o n
ville's water revenues from sup
port of the Authority because an
other supply is built, will cripple
and delay the Authority's work,
as stated to Mr. lluttash,
(Continued on l'age 8)
There Is Going To Be A Dam
(An Editorial)
Jacksonville's City Council voted Mondav night to build a 30,000
acre-loot lake on Gum Creek, adjacent to the city limits at an estimat-
ed cost of $70,000. Rusk and Palestine are not included in these plans.
Jacksonville's Mayor. R. C. Buckner and members of the council
were warned by Frank Ebaugh, Chairman of the Upper Neches Water
Authority, at last Friday night's meeting of the dangers involved in
beginning the Gum Creek project at this time.
"Jacksonville is morally obligated to continue its support of the
Authority Mr. Buckner agreed to support it. and our people voted
overwhelmingly to do so." said Mr. Ebaugh, who is a resident of Jack-
sonville.
As Jacksonville cannot withdraw from the Upper Neches Authori-
ty. it will have-to honor any obligations the other cities. Rusk and Pal-
estine. combined may vote in the future.
There are more than enough backers of the Upper Neches Proj-
ect in Rusk and Palestine to assure the continuation of the work of
the Upper Neches Authority
Our neighboring city is likely to find itself in the position of hav-
ing to pay for both projects at the same time,
We realize that this is a local matter to be settled by Jacksonville
citizens and their city council However, we are disappointed that
Jacksonville is not giving their full support to a project that will de-
velop the "Golden Triangle of East Texas" the area served by Jack-
sonville, Rusk, and Palestine.
We are confident that the big majority of Rusk citizens favor the
construction of a huge dam on the Neches River in the Maydelle area,
and believe that Palestine's citizens feel the same.
We would like to set- our neighbors hold up on their Cum Creek
development for a while. We need their help, There is going to be a
i!am on the Neches River.
BLANKET CIRCULATION
An Estimated 13,000 People Will
Read This Publicatien, Based On
Circulation Figures
The Rusk Cherokeean
TEXAS' OLDEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, ESTABLISHED AS THE PIONEER JULY 5, 1847
SHOP IN
RUSK
SERVING THE GREATER RUSK TRADE AREA
VOLUME 108
THE RUSK CHEROKEEAN
JUNE 30, 1955
16 PAGES
NUMBER 1
Cherokeean
House
Tomato Deal
Slows Down;
Price Is 6c
Rusk's Tomato f-hed slil!
opcratim reported a heavy vol
umn of tomatoes for the first two
days of the week. Price of the
fruit was up to (S cents, with qual-
ity reported as fair.
Riley Maness, shed operator,
said that he had no idea as to how
much longer the deal will con-
tinue. He has shipped 5 cars Mon-
day and Tuesday.
J. P. Acker closed d o w n his
shed last week.
Rusk has shipped 100 cars since
the deal got underway the last of
May. Southern Pacific Agent G.
W. Corley reports that he has bill-
ed 94 so far, and has 2 more cars
on the track.
Maness' shed is still working
around 75 people on the green
wrap deal.
Civil Docket
Cases Of District
Court Reported
Cases filed on the Civil Docket
of District Court were reported
here by District Clerk Bill Par-
rot t.
State of Texas vs. Ham Mallard,
delinquent taxes, filed and clos-
ed, taxes paid; City of Jackson-
ville vs. Will Barrett, delinquent
taxes; City of Jacksonville vs. Do-
cie Bell, et vir, delinquent taxes;
City of Jacksonville vs. Mrs. Jan-
ice Benthall, delinquent taxes;
Birdie D. Bowers vs. Robert Lee
Bowers, action for divorce;
Alton Boone vs. Annie B. Boone,
action for divorce; B. A. King vs.
J. D. Martin, action for foreclos-
ure of chattel mortgage; Daisy
Rosetta Whittington vs. Dois L.
"Whittington, action for divorce;
Bobbie Traylor vs. Joe Ollie Tray-
lor. action for divorce; Virginia-
Carolina Chemical Corporation vs.
Joe Wade Vining, collection of
note; Cecil R. Gee vs. Mattie V.
Gee. action for divorce.
Photo Of Walter Long Running Old Campbell Press
First balloon flight in America
was made by Jean Pierre Blan-
chard, a French pilot in 1793.
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The farthest points in Great
Britain are from Land's End, Eng
land, to John O'Croats, Scotland.
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We've Reflected
m YEARS OF PROGRESS
(An Editor i a i)
Through the courtesy of Miss Emma Long, native of Rusk, the above picture is published. Her
brother, Walter, is standing at the old Campbell press which was used to print The Rusk Cherokeean,
then being published under the name of The Standard Herald. Walter Long helped publish the Rusk
paper from 1889, the year his father bought it, un il 1941. Mr. John B. Long, his father, published the
paper from 1889 until 1905. At the time the above picture was made, the newspaper was being pub-
lished in a building located where Lee-McCarroll Chevrolet Co. is now located. Miss Long, in recalling
the days when she and her sister, Mrs. W. R. (Vernon) Stevens (now deceased) helped her father, said:
"My' sister and I helped our father print the paper, by setting hand-type for him. In those days, we
didn't have a linotype, and it was quite a problem to stand on the ladders reaching up to type trays
with long skirts on."
Two Rusk Boys Heading For Detroit County Clerk
Musick Reports
News This Week
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J. M. Haynes, Jr., above left and Winston Power, right, are leav-
ing Friday to attend the International Key Club Convention in De-
troit, Michigan. (See Story, "Two Rusk Boys," Page 3, Sec. 1.)
Marriage licenses were issued
this week by County Clerk Elma
Musick, Jr. to the following cou-
ples: Marvin David McBroom and
Ozzie Jewell Croft; Juan Estranda
and Daisey May Young; Morgan
Stanton Ragsdale an/1 Joan Marie
Singletary; Arthur Gray and
Shelly Jean Crawford; John Har-
mon Felder and Barbara Ann
West brook; Franklin D. Banks and
Jeannine Simpson;
Robert Glyn Smith and Wanda
Louise Young; Sidney Lloyd Ev-
ans and Gloria Wynell Terry; I^ar-
ry Gene Davis and Betty Jo Pyle;
Jimmy Bruce Owens and Jewell
Rawlinson; Ezra Lenoix Smith and
Linda Spence; Horace Grady. Jr.
and Annie L. Hampton.
(Continued on Page 8)
ilieir profession.
We realued, when we took over as publishers five yeai-, ¡u|o, the
li¡3lt standards of journalism that Rusk has always enjoyed. We havo
done our utmost to give Rusk a newspaper ot which they could bu
proud.
During these five years, we have been honored many times. In
accepting these honors, we have always felt humbly yrateful to the
wonderful people of Rusk and Cherokee County. After all, a newspa-
per is merely a mirror that reflects the town in which it is published.
Thti Rusk Cherokeean has a mighty good image to roMect.
Rusk Merchants To Stage Another
Big Dollar Day Wednesday, July 6
Husk's newspaper, The It u s k
Cherokeean, i ready for its big
!open House .Saturday. July 2nd.
¡Everyone is invited to v isit their
! newspaper plant between i) am
in I 5 p.in, Saturday, ami see all
id i he reeenily installed equip*
We iiia proud !o he publisher or I'hu Ru:.k Cherokeean as thin; ihat i used to ptihli li the
newspaper observes its 108th Birthday litis v/rok. 108 years ago, Tl c ■ |{ii !v. ' lietokeean,
Rusk Pioneer was founded by Joseph A. Clark. Special eipiipmenl that will In*
A lot of water has gone under the bridge in the past 108 years. interest to both adults and
Rusk and its newspapers have experienced good times and depres- , luldren incl i • Th big Mi-hle
sions. Only for a short period, during the War Between the States,; \ew-.paper I're linotype ma-
was Rusk wiibout a newspaper. This is truly a remarkable feat in Tex rhino, pov.ei euttei. automatic
.is journalism. j Kluges folding machine, ¡stereo-
Rusk has always been a progressive, civic minded city. This city > typing equipment, and the dark
has given Texas some of its most 'ihl«' leaders, from a Governot on room laeiljljo-
down, and the editors of its newspaper have been toloiful loaders in tin- tin I, Cherokeean observes
its 108th Birthday with this pub-
lication.
"We are pi'oud ot o u r plant,
and i <: ni a most cordial in\ ita-
'ion to all of our friends to drop
' ■ and ';ee how their newspaper
publi.- lied commented E. H.
Whitehead, publisher.
June i a 111}', m o n t h for tint
Cherokeean The newspaper, which
is Texas oldest weekly, observed
its birthday with an Open House,
'he new paper's edil o r, 10. H.
Whitehead, wa: named Editor of
The Week of the United States by
the Publisher's Auxiliary, a na-
tional trade publication this
month, and The Cherokeean'
"hiu wheel", the publisher's
daughter, 'I'erne Lou, celebrates
her 2nd birthday June 20.
"We are humbly grateful to the
fine citizenship of Rusk for their
interest and loyal support toward
their hometown newspaper. Our
growth has been possible because
we are serving a fine, progressive
group of people," said Whitehead.
A climax of the Open House
celebration will be at 3:30 Satur-
ai\ . noon when this newspa-
per will give away a 21" Admiral
Console Television Set, a set of
Fircrtlo::? Tires, a n d a piece of
Samson i te Luggage. Seven baskets
of groceries, valued at $5.00 each
will be given also.
"There is nothing to buy. Thitf
is a party for our subscribers. I£
your name is on our county mail-
ing list, plan to be with us and
see if your name is drawn. You,
or your representative must be
here to receive any of the gifts,"
said Whitehead.
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Holiday Monday
Rusk Adventists
Are Sponsoring
More Meetings
"Builders of Faith ", sponsored
by the Seventh-day Advent ist
Church of Rusk will present a se-
ries of meetings in the American
legion hall beginning Saturday
night. July 2, and closing on Sun-
day night, August 7.
Due to the interest and re-
quests of the crowds that attend-
ed the first series, which ran
from April 3 to May 15, this sec-
ond series will be held. Meetings
will be held on Sunday, Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday nights o£
each week. Music and congrega-
tional singing, illustrated by col-
ored pictures on the screen, will
begin at 7:30 and preaching serv-
ices will begin shortly after 8:00.
Evangelist R. D. Necker a n d
family have been on a two weeks
trip to California to visit his par-
ent and to attend his brother's
graduation from the College of
Medical Evangelists, a medical col-
lege owned and operated by tho
Seventh-day Adventlst Denomina-
tion
On his return trip, Evangelist
(Continued on Page 8)
Some ol the greatest mid-sum
mcr bargain - ever ottered in East
Texas will go on ale in Husk
when the progress;.e merchants
again offer their Dollar Day liar-
gains Wednesday, J ■ ■ I y f>th.
Husk's leading rn reliant,s have
indicated that this will be the
greatest savings eve it ever
In addition to tli • many bar-
gains slated to be offered, plan-
are to give away $50 in cash. This
money will be broki n down into
gifts of $25, $15, and $10. A fine
musical program will b- off<
just before the drawing
The Busk Cherokeean will again
publish The Citizen, a monthly
publication that will publish the
many bargains of the Rusk mer-
chants who make this Dollar Day
possible.
RETURN FROM FLORIDA
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pryor, and
son Eldred, have just returned
from a week's vacation in Florida
where they visited many points of
interest. Their ron, Derrell Pryor
and wife, of Dallas, spent the
weekend with the Pryor family
here.
Egyptian history dates back to
about 4000 B. C.
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Just about all of Rusk's stores
will observe the 4th of July which
falls on Monday. The merchants
voted to observe this holiday ear-
The Philippines were ceded to lier this year.
the United States in 1899, by the 0
Treaty of Paris.
"Chili" originated in Texas.
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Whitehead, E. H. The Rusk Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 30, 1955, newspaper, June 30, 1955; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth150084/m1/1/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.