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know, Old Roundabout has bean
an editor for 13 rears, and during
this period, has written "moun-
tains" of editorials, but the one
last week drew more PRAISE and
COMMENT than ANY Roundabout
has come up with . . .
MAKES YOU PROUD to know
that your thinking corresponds
with the MAJORITY . . . Around
150 folks called, wrote-in, and told
Roundabout in person that they
appreciated the "little gem" . . .
RUSK MUST GROW . . . with
the PROGRESSIVE CITIZENSHIP
that we have here, our-little city
is going to GROW and PROSPER
... on this. Roundabout will stake
his last dollar . . .
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VOLUME 110
RUSK, TEXAS
12 PAGES
APRIL 24, 1958
NUMBER 44
THIS IS
STRAW HAT TIME
IN RUSK
Kiwanis Jr. Livestock Show Set for Friday
PROUD AND HUMBLE . . .
Roundabout is both ... he is
PROUD to be a part of Rusk . . .
to help, in a small way with the
newspaper and radio station to
make this a better city in which
to live . . . and HUMBLE because
he has the opportunity to live,
work and serve with such wonder-
ful people . . .
Pastoral Clinic
To Launch RSH
2-Day Open House
All ministers in the East Texas
and Gulf Coast area are being in-
vited to attend a Pastoral Clinic
at the Rusk State Hospital, Thurs-
day, May 1, in connection with the
institution's Open House May 2
and 3.
The Hospital's Chaplain, Dr.
Carl B. Case, Th.D., assisted by
representatives of the Hospital
staff including psychiatrists, psy-
chologists, social workers and re-
habilitation therapists, will con-
duct the clinic, according to the
announcement.
The ministers will convene at 9
a.m. ui the Hospital's Chapel
building for the conference — "A.
Pastor's Clinic on Mental Illness."
Purpose of the clinic is to study
the role of ministers in their work
GOING TO HAVE something
"EXTRA' BARGAIN DAY, May
2nd . . . Just "FEAST YOUR<wi,h mentally disturbed people in
EYES" on what the majority of|!he community.
Program for the ministers will.
! cover the areas of Community Re
Rusk's friendly merchants are1
■"COOKING UP" just for you Fri-
day, May 2nd . . ,
City Council Votes To Adjust Taxes
Rusk Flower Show Acclaimed One Of Best In East Texas
FIRST, there is going to be one
of the MOST UNIQUE customer
sources in Mental Health, Causes
and Symptoms of Mental Illness
and Pastoral Psychology.
Demonstrations and examples of
getting promotions ever offered!lhe thcme oi thc meeting will be
«hoppsrs . . . CASH REBATES, I2!8iven throu¡=h lectures, films and.
times during the day will be of-
fered FORTUNATE INDIVID-
UALS who are in the process of
completing their transactions . . .
THAT'S RIGHT, you may GET
MONEY BACK when you buy the
"BARGAINS" offered in Rusk
Friday, May 2nd . . .
HERE'S HOW the deal is going
to work ... A radio is to be plac-
ed by the cash register of the par-
ticipating stores ... 12 times (6
times in the morning and 6 in the
afternoon) a bell will ring over
RADIO STATION KTLU ... if you
«re in the process of having your
purchases checked out at the cash
register of YOUR FAVORITE
MERCHANT when THAT BELL
RINGS ... you get BACK HALF
YOUR PURCHASE, up to a maxi-
mum rebate of $5.00 ... A double
page ad will be put in the front
of stores taking part . . .
TWO EXAMPLES ARE: (1) If
your purchase is for $3.00, and
you are being checked out when
the bell rings over KTLU, you'll
get back $1.50 ... (2) If your pur-
chase is for $10.00 or more, you'll
get back $5.00 . . .
HOW'S THIS FOR a "UNIQUE
WAY" to say THANKS FOR
TRADING WITH US???? Thafs
what Rusk's progressive merchants
are doing JUST FOR YOU on Bar-
Sain Day, May 2nd . . .
big
WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER
mailing for this publication ,
just about everyone in this "neck
of the woods" will read the next
publication of The Cherokeean,
which is being mailed courtesy of
the merchants supporting BAR-
GAIN DAY . . .
CHAIRMAN J. P. FAVARON
and a group of merchants are
working awfully hard to make this
BARGAIN DAY an outstanding
success . . . They deserve the
THANKS of everyone . . . It's a
real pleasure to work with men as
nice, cooperative, and progressive
as this group . . .
Gallatin Baptist
Church To Have
Revival This Week
A big Revival at the Gallatin
Baptist Church begins Sunday.
April 25th and will continue thro-
ugh Sunday. Services begin
promptly at 7:30 each evening.
I)r. A. J. Kirkland, president of
the Texas Baptist Institute of
Henderson will do the preaching.
Rev. A. I). Munsinger. pastor of
the Gallatin Church, issues a most
cordial invitation to everyone to
attend these services.
group participation and discus
¿¡ion.
Dr. Charles W. Castner, Hospi-
tal Superintendent, will welcome
the visiting group and invite them
to make a tour of the Hospital's
facilities.
This is the third year that the
Hospital has conducted such a clin
ic as a part of Mental Health Week
activities.
The two-day Open House ob-
servance coincides with Mental
Health Week in the nation. Some
1500 persons are expected to visit
the Rusk State Hospital during
the two days for the tours and
other activities planned.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the open house on the
two days. Its purpose is to better
acquaint people with the services
of the State Mental Hospital, new
facilities and treatment.
Various chapters of the Texaá
Association of Mental Health as
well as many other organizations
are cooperating with the Hospital
to receive more than 1500 expect-
ed visitors during the observance.
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Revivals In Two
Area Churches
Now In Progress
Spring revivals are now in pro-
gress in two Rusk churches, while
others in the area were completed
over the past weekend.
The First Baptist Church reviv-
al, with the Rev. J. M. Lunsford,
administrator of the South Texas
Children's Home, Beeville, con-
ducting the services, will continue
through April >27.
It was reported that attendance
has been very good, especially at
the morning service. Services are
being held twice daily: 10 a.m.
and 7:30 p.m.
The revival at the Seventh Day
Adventist Church, meanwhile, be-
gan on April 19 and will continue
through May 2.
Tom Carter, district pastor of
the Lufkin, Nacogdoches, Salmon
and Rusk district, is conducting
the nightly services.
The Calvary Baptist Church of
Rusk and the Oakland Baptist
Church recently concluded suc-
cessful revivals.
Alto HS ís Site
Of County P-TA
Council Meeting
The Cherokee County P-TA
Council will meet Saturday, Anril
26th at 10 a.m. in the Alto High
School auditorium
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Shown here are two of the many winning exhibits in the Rusk Garden Ciub and Daffodil Garden
Club Saturday. At left Mrs. Marvin Roten, chairman of the show, stands beside a tri-color winner by
Mrs. Bill Vining—a table setting depir.ring St. Patrick's Day. Mrs. W. E. Gabbert is pictured with her
sweepstakes and tri-color winning entry in the design division.
An estimated 500 - GOO persons
toured the Annual Flower Show
of the Rusk Garden Club and the!
Daffodil Garden Club held ir. the:
courthouse here last Saturday.
Chas. S. Hinton, Jr. and Henry Westbrook, shown above in that
order, assumed new assignments with the Citizens State Bank early
last week. Hinton, formerly assistant cashier, was named cashier,
and Westbrook was elevated from the bookkeeping department ,to
assistant cashier. The action came as a result of a Board of Direc-
tors meeting Monday.
Local Key Club District Officers Are
Honored At Houston District Meeting
Rusk High School pupils, at the
close of their terms as officers of
the Texas-Oklahoma Key Club Dis-
trict, last weekend were given of-
ficial recognition as having offi-
cered one of the most successful
administrations in the 12-year his-
tory of thc district.
Foster Webb, district governor;
Bobby Banks, district secretary:
Eddie Bailey, district treasurer;
and Garland .Marshall, editor of
the official district publication,
Tex-OKey, will reach the end of
their terms as district officers on
June 1.
Recognition came to the four at
the Ninth Annual Convention of
the Texas - Oklahoma District at
the Rice Hotel, Houston, last Fri-
day, Saturday and Sunday.
The Key Club is a high school
service organization for sopho-
more through senior boys, spon-
sored by Kiwanis International.
The administration of Foster
Webb was acclaimed as one of the
best since the district was organ-
ized some 12 years ago.
Garland Marshall also received
honors as the outstanding Key
Club member in the District.
Marshall, Bobby Banks and Ed-
die Bailey .all received Governor's
Man awards. They were among 12
members who were selected for
the honors.
Nine of the 33 members of the
local club attended the conven-
Rusk City Council in a special
meeting last Friday night voted to
adjust property valuations in the
city, with themselves sitting as the
board of equalization.
Long a subject of much discus-
sion of the council, the members
approved the new plan over an
earlier proposal to hire an ap-
praisal team to inspect all city
property.
Plan now is to study the city tax
rolls and cite property owners
whose property is rendered too
low. Councilmen also figure to
turn up some property that has
not been rendered for city taxes,
According to the new plan, the
owners of such property would
appear before the council sitting
as an equalization board if they
wished to contest thc valuation
hike.
The Council approved the meas-
ure as one that would help the
city out, of its financial straits.
There was no indication of how
much revenue the new move could
bring in, or an estimate of what
the city's new total valuation
might be at t h e completion of
work outlined.
Valuation of city property, real
and personal, for tax purposes is
now some two and one-half mil-
lion dollars.
,, , | Increased demand for city serv
It was described as probably the iceSi mounting costs and more
largest turn-out for such an event outlay for operating the city are
in Rusk. And the local show, mjreasons behind the attempts to
excellence of exhibits, was said by get more rcv councilmen
the out-ofrtown judges to be one
Bulah And Ponta
To Be Judged In
Rural Progress
Judging will begin at 9:00
Thursday morning at Bulah in the
Rural Neighborhood Progress con-
test. Ponta will be judged Thurs-
day afternoon.
The contest, sponsored by the
Farmer - Stockman magazine and
the Texas A&M College Extension
Service, is open to all organized
rural communities. Ponta and Bu-
lah in Cherokee county are com-
peting in a 22-county district.
Judging in Bulah will be in both
community improvements and
pasture work, since that commun-
ity entered both divisions. Ponta
is entered in only the community
contest.
Bulah was entered in the con-
test last year and was awarded
sixth place in the district, one
place out of cash awards. This is
Ponta's first year in the contest.
A buffet dinner at the Court-
house in Rusk will follow the Bu-
lah judging Thursday morning.
Following lunch, judging is ex-
pected to begin in Ponta about
1:30 p.m.
Judges will be Walter L. Scott,
district agent. District Nine; Misn tion.
Margaret Brachcr, district home Rusk members among the 627
demonstration agent; O. B. Clif- attendants were: Lewis McCnrroll.
ton, county agent, Nacogdoches Jr., President-elect of t h e local! Mrs. E. J. Birkclbach third
county; anil Miss Bess Brooks, club; John Paul Watson. Lt. Gov j Sports, How About A Ride
home demonstration agent, Na«jernor-eloct of Division 14 Jerry Mrs. Hill Vining first. Mrs Bill
cogdoches county. I Paul Alexander, secretary elect of Shattuck second, and Mrs. M. Ro-
Results of the contest should be the Husk Club; Robert Watson ¡ ton third
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of the best in East Texas.
Theme of this year's show was
"Flower Gazette", with entries
carrying out newspaper section
themes, such as editorials, car-
toons and columns.
Mrs. Marvin Roten, show chair-
man, and Mrs. Vernon Grogan, co-
chairman, expressed their apprec-
iation to everyone who shared in
any way in helping to make the
1958 show a success.
Following are winners in the
various divisions of the show:
Horticulture
Horticulture Division, Annuals,
Mrs. Marvin Roten, Mrs. Henry
Guenzel, Mrs. T. A. Melver and
Mrs. Wm. B. Wilson won blue rib-
bons.
Mrs. T. A. Mclver won the
Sweepstakes Award in the Horti-
culture Division.
Perennials Snapdragons and Sal-
va, Mrs. Marvin Roten, Mrs. Ruby
Ross won blue ribbons.
Iris, Bearded, Japanese, Dutch,
Siverian, etc., Mrs. Jack Pinson,
Jack Noonan, Mrs. Marvin Roten,
Mrs. W. E. Gabbert, Mrs. T. A. Mc-
lver each won several blue rib-
bons.
Flowering Shrubs or tree bran-
ches, Mrs. Ruby Ross, Mrs. Jack
Pinson, Mrs. J. C. Turney, Mrs.
Glenn Miller, Mrs. George Mon-
roe, Mrs. T. A. Mclver were win-
ners of blue ribbons.
Other worthy specimen, Mrs. J.
C. Williams, Sr., Mrs. Ruby Ross,
Mrs. M. Roten, William Boyd, Dr.
Charles Castner, L. B. Stovall,
Mrs. A. Mclver and Mrs. Glenn
Miller won blue ribbons, Mrs.
Castner tri-color award.
Five stems sweet peas, Bob
Jones was winner.
Three stalks any Iris, Mrs. Chas.
Castner, Mrs. W. E. Gabbert, Mrs.
W. H. Hanna and Mrs. Jack Noon-
an won blue ribbons.
Classes for Pot Plants, Mrs. Ru-
by Ross was the winner.
Foliage Plants, Mrs. Ruby Ross
was winner.
Design Division Class One
Headline
Mrs. W. E. Gabbert won first,
Mrs. Vernon Grogan second, and
Mrs. Jack Noonan third.
Sports Class Two,
Sports, Let's Play Ball
Mrs. Carl Wipprecht won first.
.Mrs. George Monroe second, and the Obligation
Refreshment:
l say.
They point to recent unprece-
dented residential area expansion
here as one of the biggest de-
mands on the budget.
The council will attempt to im-
plement the new plan in time to
include the new valuations in bud-
get estimates for the next fiscal
year. The equalization board will
probably meet in July.
2-Year Sentence
Given Forger In
District Court
After pleading guilty to forgery
in District Judge James H. Moore'.1?
Second District Court Monday,
Everett C. Pittman was sentenced
i to two years in the state peniten-
tiary.
Pittman was indicted early this
month by the Cherokee county
Grand Jury for passing a forged
instrument.
In a second case to be prosecut-
ed in this term of District Court
Hall Fulgham, indicted by an earl-
ier Grand Jury but passed in the
previous term of court, also plead-
ed guilty. He was charged with a
second offense DWI. He was sen-
tenced to three months in county
jail.
The case of Gene Lester Burle-
son, indicted on a narcotics
charge this month, failed to come
up for prosecution and was pass-
ed this term of court.
County's Youth To Show
Finest Stock In East Texas
County Pupils
Receive Awards
At DAR Meeing
Anita Shuptrine, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Shuptrine of
Rusk, was presented an award by
the Nacogdoches Chapter, Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution,
at a luncheon meeting held at the
Fredonia Hotel recently.
A pupil of Mrs. Helen Finley's
Sixth Grade, Anita read her aw-
ard winning essay as a part of the
American Historp program for the
meeting.
Chairman of the project was
Mrs. Helen Hickman, newly elect-
ed regent of the chapter.
Other pupils from Cherokee
county winning similar recogni-
tion for excellence in history es-
say writing were Hay Todd and
Joan Germany of Alto, pupils of
Mrs. Claud Manning of Rusk.
Mrs. James I. Perkins was local
sponsor for this DAR project.
Euclid Lodge
Will Observe
Obligation Night
Obligation Night will be observ-
ed by local Masons of Euclid
Lodge No. 45 April 30 in conjunc-
tion with a state-wide observance
on that date, Worshipful Master
J. W. Summers announced this
week.
A special Masonic program will
be presented, he said, with Robert
Austin as principal speaker.
An attempt will he made to se-
cure attendance of all Masons at.
Night observance,
will be served fol-
Miss Mary Kathcrine Webb of
Rusk and Miss Sonja Sue Tullis
of Alto were presented Good Citi-
zen Awards by the Nacogdoches
Chapter, Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution, during a lunch-
eon meeting at the Fredonia Ho-
tel in Nacogdoches April 15
Mrs. Clifford Osborne, chairman
of the Good Citizens Committee,
made the presentation to these
young ladies from Cherokee coun-
ty.
The honor goes to an outstand-
ing senior girl chosen on the ba-
sis of dependability, service, lead-
ership and patriotism.
Miss Webb is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Abner Webb. She
has been the recipient of many-
honors during her years in Rusk
High School.
Other Rusk High School good
citizen award recipients include:
Sylvia Lester, Anne McCluney,
Mary Ruth Butler and Ruth Marie
Mayes.
Local sponsor for t h e project
was Mrs. James I. Perkins.
(See Pictures on Page 6)
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DALLAS VISITORS
Mrs. W. E. Gabbert and Chuck
motored to Dallas Thursday where
they met Mrs. Anna Gabbert of
Clay Center, Kansas, who will
stay with the Gabbert children
while Dr. and Mrs. Gabbert are on.
vacation at Haiti. They motored to
Shreveport Monday night where
they met their friends, Dr. and
Mrs. McNatt of Marshall, and flew
from there to Haiti.
Judges will begin their rounds
at 4:00 Friday when they decide
which animals are to receive hon-
ors in the Tenth Annual Kiwanis
Junior Livestock Show.
Cherokee county 4-H and FFA
club members for the tenth con-
secutive year will be entering
prize animals in the Rusk Kiwanis
Club-sponsored show, vying for
cash prizes in each of four divi-
sions.
Livestock will be on the show
grounds (Rodeo grounds in Rusk)
by 3:00 Friday afternoon for the
4:00 p.m. judging. Swine and poul-
try division judging will be held
at that time. Later, about 6:00, en-
tries in the dairy and beef divi-
sion will be judged.
Judging will be completed early
in the evening in ample time for
townspeople to view the stock aft-
erward, Kiwanians say. The show
will remain open until around
9:00 p.m.
Cash prizes in the dairy divi-
sion will be awarded according to
points scored. Other divisions will
award prizes for first through
fifth places.
Prizes of $10, $7, $5. S2.50 and
S2 will be awarded in five classi-
fications of the beef division. S5,
$4, S3, S2.25 and S2 prizes will be
awarded in three swine division
classifications and in two poultry
division classifications.
Suitable ribDons will be award-
ed the winners of the various clas-
sifications in the dairy division
and for winners of first through
fifth places in the beef, swine and
poultry division.
The Kiwanis stock show is de-
signed to stimulate a better live-
stock program in Cherokee coun-
ty by encouraging better practices
among the young stock growers.
And in addition, they need the
recognition for their achievements
that the show will give them, C.
J. Hagler, chairman of the show,
said.
Therefore, thc Kiwanis Club en-
courages everyone who possibly
can to visit the show some time
Friday afternoon and indicate
their interest to these young peo-
ple, he added.
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Methodist Sunday
Evening Service
Meets At New Time
Sunday evening services at thc
First Methodist Church have been
moved up 30 minutes, Rev. El-
wood Birkelbach said this week.
Services originally held at 7:00
on Sunday evening will now be
held at 7:30. The new time will
be in effect for the summer
months.
Curtis McLeod Elected President Of
Areas New Sportsmen's Group
Curtis McLeod, principal of
Rusk High School, Monday night
was named president of a new
sportsman's organization designed
to promote an eight-county East
Texas area as a leading sports-
men's attraction.
The organizational meeting was
held in Jacksonville.
Other officers chosen were: W.
E. Martindale of Jacksonville and
Robert McClure of Alto, vice-pres-
idents, and Elton Sadler of Jack-
sonville, secretary-treasurer.
Selected to the board of direc-
tors were: Ed Montgomery, Pales-
tine; Leo Tosh, Rusk; Dick Elliott,
Jacksonville; Bill Pence, Pales-
tine; Bob Bell, Jacksonville: Lew-
is Thomas, Alto; and Knox Ray,
Rusk.
Five more directors are to
elected.
Speakers for the organizational
meeting were Dallas newsman
Kenneth Foree, Dallas business-
man Gordon Cullum, and Cecil
Reed of Austin, executive secre-
tary of the Sportsmen's Clubs of
Texas.
Cullum told the group that or-
ganizational spirit, good conserva-
tion practices and a constructive
program are the lifes blood of
such an organization. There have
been many similar clubs that have
sprung up and then faded out be-
cause they didn't have these in-
gredients.
Sportsmen were also told that
organizations such as theirs will
have to carry the load of keeping
i game and fish in the numbers de-
be sired for a good sports program.
Conservation alone is not enough.
lowing the
President McLeod will appoint
a committee to work out a set of
by-laws to be presented at the
next meet in.; He appointed a ec-
meeting.
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Bald eagles are so named be- ond committee Mondas
cause of the effect of the white begin work immediately
feathers on their heads. of projects tor the club
Kenneth Force. Dallas newsman.
said.
Dick Elliott served as tempor-
ary president of the club and was
night to | master of ceremonies at Monday
on a slate j night's meeting. The event attract-
! ed some 50 area sportsmen
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