The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 25, 1959 Page: 1 of 16
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COUNTYWIDE
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ROUNDABOUT IS CETTINO VOLUME 112
16 PAGES
RUSK, TEXAS
JUNE 25, 1959
NUMBER 1
ready to leave for a few days
he and Mrs. Roundabout are going
to Brownsville for the Texas
Press Association annual meeting.
IT DOES OLD ROUNDABOUT
good to go to press association
meetings. Always enjoy talking to
the wise old heads in the newspa-
per business . . . Never have
tended a meeting yet, that this old
bird didn't learn a great deal.
Jacksonville Escapes
Damage From Tornado
id' Gregg Named
Chairman of
WAS TALKING TO DAN ACK-
ER about the trip, and come to Arrn
find out, "Danny Boy" knows all¡ *MIIIV
about that part of the country .
It seems that Dan made the trip
a little over a year ago. Prom what
Roundabout learned, Dan is a real
authority on the Magic Valley and
Mexico . . . How about it, Dan?
ENJOYED A BRIEF visit with,
Bob Gregg Tuesday. Bob is one of ;
Cherokee County's hardest work-
ing citizens. He mailed us a letter
concerning the need to get polio
shots, but somehow, it got lost.
Bob is chairman of the Cherokee
County Chapter for Polio. He is
looking for a copy of the letter.:
Until we get the complete inform-
ation from Bob, Roundabout urges
everyone to get their polio shots
right away. . .
HAD A MISTAKE in our good
buddy Knox Ray's ad last week
J'VILLE—E. R. Gregg, Jr., ex-
ecutive vice president of the Tex-
. . . Didn't notice it until the paper ¡ as Ban|( an(j Trust Co. of Jackson-
was out and in the hands of sub- viile, was elected chairman of the
scribers, either. Knox was advertí-installment Lenders Section of the
sing Fathers Day . . . 1959 . . . It Texas Bankers Association, Region
came out in the paper Father's
Day . . . 1958 . . . Knox was very
kind to us, and didn't fuss at all.
WE CONSIDER OURSELVES in-
deed fortunate to be able to serve
such a fine group of business peo-
ple that are found here . . .
ANY TIME YOU WANT FREE
COFFEE, be around the Rusk
Hotel Coffee Shop shortly after
8 o'clock in the morning ... It
seems our good buddy Johnny Wil-
liams does most of the buying
these days . . .
A REAL CRISIS came up at Wal-
lace Barber Shop the other day,
Roundabout hears . . . Before we
go into the story, you need just
a little "background" on the two
subjects . . . We're talking about
our two good friends, Tom Wal-
lace and Lester Goff . . .
V, at a section meeting held in
Dallas recently. The term is for
1959-60.
Robert E. Spencer, Jr., assistant
vice president of Republic Nation-
al Bank of Dallas, was elected vice
chairman. The association named
Jerry L. Talley, vice president of
the Grayson County State Bank of
Sherman, secretary-treasurer.
Region V of TBA is bordered by
Alvarado on the west, Houston on
the south, Louisiana and Arkan-
sas on the east, and Oklahoma on
the north. There are 32 counties
in the region. Tyler will be host
to the next meeting of the Install-
ment Lenders in November.
Jacksonville escaped major dam
age Tuesday when what was des-
cribed as a small tornado skirted
the city damaging only a couple of
roofs.
Dr. P. A. Young, of the Jackson-
ville Tomato Experiment Station,
who sighted the tornado, said it
dipped down twice then "lifted its
tail and moved on out."
Dr. Young and employees of the
station discovered the twister
about 3 Tuesday afternoon on the |
Tyler Highway. It shook the build-
ing owned by the Smith Welding j
Shop and damaged roofs on two:
houses. It then dipped down into
an open field kicking up a heavy
cloud of red dirt.
"It was a spectacular sight and
it looked threatening," Dr. Young
said.
Rain accompanying the tornado:
dumped 1.46 inches of rain on j
Jacksonville around 3, according |
to the station's gauges. They mea-:
sured .41 of an inch the rest of the ¡
day for a total of 187 inches on j
Tuesday.
Rainfall on Monday totalled .93
of an inch and on Tuesday 187
inches.
Total rainfall for June is 5.48
inches, way above average for this
month, according to Dr. Young.
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Bake Sale Set
For Saturday
In Gallatin
New Moves Stir
Authority Dispute
•!iiMii r riiimiii««nitiffl«iinoimMHMHtJiiii«iwiioiHiiiiiiii The Upper Neches controversy inject new complications.
Glass Doubts
Rusk Bill Veto
BRIGHT YELLOW curbs, designating no parking areas, are
appearing at most all intersections within a block of the
square. The 20-foot long strips are designed to keep parked
cars from blocking the view of intersections. City Main-
tenance Superintendent J. D. Norton, supervising the paint-
ing is pictured here.
New Slates Installed By
J'ville Lions, Lionesses
J'VILLE—New officers were in-1 serve as president of the Lioness
stalled for the Jacksonville Lions ¡Club.
A bake sale will b* held in G.1- Ijon«S! «ubs t . Joint mee'-! Lion. ofta*. instiled
latin Saturday morning. Jnn. 27. "'i°' " T clnb._Tue.day n«n.
Proceeds will go to the Taylor
Cemetery Fund. f
If you wish to help with the
Former Deputy District Gover
¡nor George DuPuy of Lufkin in-
Rep. W. W. Glass told the
Cherokeean Wednesday he
feels Governor Price Daniel
will be reluctant to veto House
Bill 61. While not elaborating
on reasons for his statement,
Glass said he was certain the
Governor would talk it over
with him before he took any
such action.
The Representative took
note of the hearing set for
11:30 Friday by the Governor 1
and representatives of the Up-
per Neches River Municipal
Water Authority.
He also noted that he be-
lieved the Governor will give
a hearing to the other side if
it is desired, not on Friday,
but at a later date.
Concerning H.B. 61, Rep.
Glass repeated earlier state-
ments that he believed he had
acted according to sentiments
of tha county in providing for
Rusk to vote out of the Author-
ity.
"Although I favor a big lake
up there, I feel it is only fair
that Rusk be allowed to get
out," Glass said.
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I continued to become more compli- a hearing on exceptions filed by
icated hv new issues this week. The the defendants in the suit by Rusk
| latest to arise spotlighted differ plaintiffs had been tentatively set
enees of parties to the pending for next Monday. However, Rusk
lawsuit filed by Itusk on when and attorneys objected in an informal
what type of hearing should be i meeting here early this week.
'Held. Nevertheless, either that hearing
Intervention of another party;or simply a pre-trial hearing is
j was also whispered and would almost certain to be held on Mon-
day. A final decision on the type
i ■ * e I f of hearing was expected the latter
part of this week from Judge
James H. Moore.
The Board of Directors of the
Authority, after a meeting Monday,
revealed they planned to seek a
hearing with the Governor concern-
ing H.B. 61 which allows Rusk to
vote itself out of the Authority.
The hearing was granted and an
I'irst Presbyterian Church mem- ^appointment set up for 11:30 Fri-
bers can be justly proud of their ¡cjay morning.
pledges thus far to the Christian
Home for the Aged, which was
designated a special day in the
Village Day
Nets Over
$1,200Sun.
Bake Sale please bring a cake or
pie to the A. E. Harris store early
Saturday mornfñg.
0 — are headed this year by a man-wife
The year following 1 B. C. was team—Henry Hanes is the new
11 A. D.
Lions president and his wife will
AS WE ALL KNOW, Tom is a
very loyal democrat, who has al-
ways voted the straight Democra-
tic Ticket . . . Lester is one of the
"Eisenhower Democrats." The boys
have enjoyed many "heated" dis-
cussions on the subject in the
past.
were:
Henry Hanes, president; Bob
Gregg, 1st vice president; Dr
Floyd Verheyden, 2nd vice presi-
stalled the Lions Club officers,:dent; Jake Hunt, 3rd vice presi
and Mrs. DuPuy installed the Lion i dent; Eddie Johnson, tail twLs-¡ ^QU ITS YYOiK
ess officers. ter: George Crawford, lion tamer; ■ | • I
Jacksonville's two service clubs an<* Ju'ian Bolton. secretary. |_{YQq L-íOnTC!*.
Lioness officers are: Mrs. Henry; • '
Hanes. president; Mrs. Ron Harri- D A^r\f/4c
son, vice president; Mrs. A. J. Com-; IVCCOrCJi JllUfT
mon, secretary; Mrs. J. O. Ross, Court activity, including suits
treasurer; Mrs. A. H. Hull reporter; fHed, appeared to have slowed to
and tail-twister; and Mrs. Art Gar ! a walk in the past few days. The
rett, Lioness tamer. County Court acted on a single
W. E. Bailey, only current mem- misdemeanor charge, fining Her-
ber of the club who is a charter man Smith $100 and sentencing
member and former club president, him to 10 days in jail for driving
introduced former Deputy District while intoxicated.
Governor DuPuy. Mrs. W. E. Bailey Three suits were filed on the
introduced Mrs. DuPuy. [ county docket: Harold Max Rice
The Cherokee County School ways for settling the Gallatinj ly: Lion DuPuy presented outgoing, vs the Texas Department of Pub-
Board Saturday received three i School District question. 1.) Annexation of the Gallatin, club president, Carl Schultz, Jr , lie Safety, stay order, Rube Ma-
petitions seeking three separate! The petitions asked, respective- District to Rusk. ¡past president's pin W. E. Bailey thew Belcher vs Texas Department
" Gallatin to was given a coveted charter mem- of Public Safety, suspension of
local church last Sunday. With ap-
proximately one half of the mem-
bership pledged, a total of $1,200
has already been secured. Overall
goal for the Rusk congregatior is
$1,800.
To be located at Dallas, the
The bill was passed by both
houses early last week and is now
waiting for the governor's signa-
ture. As amended in the Senate,
it provides that only Rusk can vote
itself out.
Meanwhile, people in Rusk are
watching the moves carefully and
if it appears a signature to the bill
is not forthcoming, they reported-
home is expected to open some- Iy wi„ seek a hearing fpr their
lime next year iepresentatives.
Robert von Doenhoff is a mem-
ber of the Presbyterian Village!
i The governor has 20 days from
Committee of the Presbytery
Northeast Texas.
of
passage of the bill last Tuesday
Three Moves Sought
In Gallatin Petitions
in which to sign it into law. At-
torneys for the Upper Nechew
Older members of the Presby- Authority were reported as consid-
tertaii church will be eligible for cr¿ng the bill unconstitutional,
admittance. .since it was restricted to Rusk.
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COMMENT
WELL, WHEN THREE of Rusk's
Barber Shops decided to close on
Monday, Lester dropped by to visit
his friend Tom Tuesday. Lester
opened the conversation about
how hard barbers used to have
to work when Tom first began cut-
ting hair in Rusk. After it was
agreed that Barbers worked from
6 a.m. in the morning until 8 to
9 o'clock at night back in the 30"s,
Lester asked Tom what he thought
about this "Eisenhower Prosper-
ity" . . . "Why, when Roosevelt
and Truman were in charge, you
fust told me you cut hair for a
few nickels, and had to work real
hard six days a week . . . Now,
under Ike, you get a $1.00 a head,
and make so much money you
dose up all day Monday," snort-
ed Lester Goff . . .
Cherokee County Is III
Equipped for Water Age
Cannery Plans Youth's Body
To Open Tom Recovered
Buying Monday From River
The Alto plant of Jacksonville The body of Jerry Henley, 13,
Canneries will begin buying toma- (of Weches, was recovered from the
toes and running on Monday, June Neches River about dawn Monday,
20th. It is not known at the pre-'only a short distance from where
sent time when the plant in Jack he drowned Saturday after falling
sonville will begin to buy toma- from a boat.
,oc's- The youth was the san of Mr.
2.) Annexation of Gallatin to was given a coveted charter mem : of Public safety, suspension ot rh(> Price of tomatoes Ihis yearjand Mrs. Alfred Henley of Weches.
Jacksonville ber pin at the ceremonies stay order; First National Bank of will be varied, based on the a- He was drowned Saturday after
3) Continuation of a 12 grade Lion Fletcher Wilson gave a brief Jacksonville vs E. C. Arrington,! mount of redness of the tomato, j being thrown into the river when
school in Gallatin report revealing that 14 under- foreclosure of promissory note. At present the price of canning¡tho boat in which he was riding
The first petition was signed by privileged children had been fitted: District Court awarded one di ttoes in the Valley is 40c to ¡struck a submerged object in the
167 residents of the Gallatin Dis with glasses during the past year vorce and granted a dismissal in ^5t' P«r bushcl ,n'1 ,he ^herokee river. He was said to be a non-
trict; the second by eight persons; This is one of the major projects the suit, Sam B. Hayter vs T. D.I County canneries believe that they swimmer.
and the third by 38 persons. of Lions International. Fletcher an Little Enterprises, inc.
Even the marriage license de- j lht;y have a bet,er fre,8hl ra(c
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The petitions followed by one. nounccd that a young high school
Highway Patrolmen and other so-confining skiis and tow rope. week petitions seeking a consoli student has been provided with partment was in the doldrums.
. .mi •_* 11.. .i , . _ .. „ l _ Thrpp Iwf ri> msiifd tí thp
ROUNDABOUT thinks it best;
not to print the rest of the con-'
versation . . .
ANYWAY, both TOM WAL-
LACE AND LESTER GOPP are;
«we mighty fine fellows, even if
they don't always agree in politics.
Von Doenhoff Is
Rotary Speaker
Wednesday Noon
Robert von Doenhoff.
speaker at the Rusk
Wednesday, «poke to
the history of
River
Von Doenhoff is attorney for
more than 400 Rusk plaintiffs in
a rait pending against the Anthor-I
pcace officers keep an alert
watch on Cherokee County's
highways. They are there to pro-
tect drivers from themselves and
each other. Loss of life has been
at a minimum this year.
But even before summer be-
gan, according to the calendar,
five people had drowned in wat-
ers in or on the borders of Cher-
okee County, and not a single,
person is charged specifically
with keeping at a minimum viola-
tions and unsafe practices on our
lakes, rivers and other places of
public and non - public amuse-
ment.
These places are rapidly be-
coming attractive nuisances to
old and young alike. The whole
county is unequipped /or what
might be called the water age.
Enforcement machinery is lack-
ing to reduce the number of ac-
cidents. There is little equipment
after a fatal accident has occur-
red to recover the bodies.
The ol' swimmin' hole of an-
other generation, where a dozen
to 30 people found a big portion
of their summer entertainment
on a Sunday afternoon, is about
as scarce as a hayride It has
¡y
to a
likely fishing spot. They used to
row out. And for aerobatics, the
make shift diving board and rope
| awing have given way to the not
These are virtually new-found dation "election of the Jacksonville a new' modern wheel chair. Three licenses were issued, to the
modes of recreation in Cherokee an(j Gallatin districts. The Lions Club plans to continue following couples: • I C J
County, and the death toll sug- -j^e three submitted Saturday,..Sight Conservation as one of its Frank Cebron Pierson and Cele- AA£fT)OriQl jUllCiOy
gests they are being abused. however, simply request action by major projects. *«« Williams, John Ray Bullard
PpodIp who are unfortunate the Tountv hoard No election is Jacksonville's new Lions Club an{1 ,,,na '-°y Pierce, James Ko- .
reopie wno are uiuuriuiioic [ne county noaru ¡yo iei uun i .... _ . . . K(,r. Rracc and Filen Gail Snenrer at the Taylor Cemetery in Gallatin jn recovery of the body
enough to observe the tragedies • involved. County School Superin- president is a very active civic and • ' t. i_.. , r_ io.on .. .. .
the closest are hesitant to blame tendent Robert Banks said Monday church leader. He is employed
will be able to pay more because The youlh's brother and sister-in-
law were also occupants of the
boat. His brother, Don, made an
unsuccessful attempt to rescue
him from the swift waters.
Searchers from Jacksonville,
Rusk, Alto. Crockett, Henderson,
Memorial services will be held Marshall and other points helped
Taylor Cemetery
anyone but the public at large j he will submit the petitions to the with United Gas Company Division Kadium is 3,000 times as val
for its failure to recognize that board in its next regular meeting office in Jacksonville.
it is playing atop an element that July 8 In taking over the helm of the
can claim a life almost as quick- The petition for annexation to club president Hanes expressed
ly as a gun. A half-inch or less Rusk, bearing by far the greatest confidence that with the support
of boat hull separates a non-i number of signatures, included the of the club, board of directors, and
swimmer from death. provision for maintaining an ele- officers, <the Jackfonville I.ions)
Water has always claimed its mentary school at Gallatin for as Club will enjoy another successful
share of victims, but the very long as its average daily attend year.
recent enthusiasm for more «nee will justify three teachers (hit<?oin« Lions officers are.
varied water sport, coupled with It was revealed earlier that the Carl Schultz. president; Henry
either ignorance or disregard of Rusk School Board had made such Hanes, first vice president; Tommy
simóle rules of self preservation I an offer to Gallatin if the two dis- Lee. second vice president: Alvin
in their use is running up an tricts were merged. Milstead, third vice president:
appalling toll. Although totally The petition for maintenance of Jerry Holmes, tail-twister; Norman
accidental, they are giving Cher- the full 12-grade school took note Kagsdale. Lion tamer: Julian Bol
okee County recreation a black of the handicaps under which the ton, secretary; directors going off
eye school would operate but "humbly the board are: Hollis Duncan. Bob
Little, outside of appealing to petition that you continue to oper Gregg. Jay Peacock. Bill Simpson
the good sense of the boating ate a full 12-grade school at Gal- Outgoing Lioness officers are:
and swimming public, can be latin for the year 199960." Mrs. W. A. Groom, president:
done in non-public recreation! The petition for annexation to Mr*. T. P. Simpson, vice president;
areas to reduce the hazards. But Jacksonville stated the move seeks Mrs. J. T. Hunt, treasurer; Mrs. J.
strict adherence — and enforce- a wider curriculum choice for pu o. Roa , secretary; Mrs. J. E Me
ment -of regulations set up byPÜs " weH a* acceM to other' Gaughey. tail twister; Mrs. Bill
the county's two big lakes may school benefits not available in Wardlow, Lioness tamer.
result in safer summers, and their present system.
avoid the useless drowning of a The Gallatin scholastic popula VISIT* IN RUSK
recreation tion is said to be 151 However,: Mr and Mrs. W. F Heath and
20 of that number are Negro pu-; son, Louis Wayne of Kemp and
Reacve Lacking pils already attending school in Mr. and Mrs. C. D. White and
One
adjusted
(foe WATtR AM, Page I) square miles.
uable as gold.
Sunday, June 28, from 12:30 until Young Henley was the fifth
2 p.m. drowning victim of the year in or
Lunch will be served at 2:30. on the borders of Cherokee County.
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more indication that Cher- the Rusk district. The Gallatin Dis- daughters, Gail. Martha Alice and
okee County has not adjusted to'trict comprises roughly 28.5 Elaine of Elkhart, spent
the week-
end with Mr. and Mrs. f. G. While.
MR. AND MRS. HBNRY HANES are shewn left, Tuisday, foil*
the Liens and Llenesi Clubs respectively by peat deputy
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