The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1960 Page: 1 of 16
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VOLUME 112
RUSK CHAMBER OF COM-
MERCE members and friends en-
joyed a fine banquet Tuesday even-
ing. Dr. Chas. W. Castner, Super- Utilities, Construction Up
intendenl of the Rusk State Hos-
pital, was installed as president.
Shelby Hood and Fred Lunsford
are 1st and 2nd vice presidents,
and Elma Musick, Sr. is treasurer.
JANUARY 7, 1960
RUSK, TEXAS
16 PAGES
NUMBER 29
OUT GOING PRESIDENT Lloyd
Pipes was praised for his hard
work during the year. Our Cham-
ber was without the services of a
manager for a big part of his term.
This made him a "working presi-
dent." Despite the handicap of not
having a manager, the chamber ac-
complished a great deal under the
leadership of Lloyd.
Town Growth
Noted In i959
Car Rams Alto
Store When
Brakes Fail
UNDER DR. CASTNER'S term,
Roundabout predicts that the Rusk
Chamber will enjoy another year
of outstanding service to Rusk
and this section.
WAS GLAD TO SEE Marjorie
Dickerson up and about again . . .
She has been sick the past several
days, but is up and about again , . .
Know that Kendrick Frazier is
happy at the city hall now that
his assistant is back at work . . .
ROUNDABOUT IS LOOKING
forward to the Soil Fertility Ban-
quet scheduled for Monday, Jan-
uary 11th at 7:30 p.m. This banquet
is to honor the county leaders who
participated in last year's inten-
sified soil test program. . .
SAVE YOUR $1.00 BILLS for a
few days . . . KTLU and The Chero-
keean, working with the friendly
merchants of Cherokee County, be-
gin the "Lucky Bills" Contest. Com-
plete rules are published else-
where . . .
Rusk Guidance
System Lauded
By Consultant
The faculty of the Rusk Inde-
pendent School System met Tues-
day afternoon at 2:45 for its re-
gular monthly teacher's meeting.
The subject for study was "The
Guidance Program for Rusk
Schools." Mr. E m i 1 13. Pierson,
Guidance Consultant for the State
Education Agency was the guest
speaker.
Mr. Pierson is quoted as saying,
"Rusk has one of the best Guidance
Programs in the state of Texas."
The pro;'.mm is relatively new
and is si ill in I he developmental
Ft.'i'ie A committee composed of
Mr. Gerald Chapman, Mr. Phil
brick, Mr, Duncan, Mr. Grimes,
Mrs. Goff, and Mrs. Treadwell be-
gan last year the formal organiza-
tion of the guidance program for
: rades 1 through 12. Mrs. Tread-
well is director and coordinator of
the Guidance Program as well as
Counselor for the student body.
The school participates in the
(See RUSK Page 4)
Rusk appeared to have experi-
enced substantial growth in 1959.
This is partially reflected in in-
creased utilities connections al-
though a complete account from
all utilities was not available this
week.
City water connections, often
used as an index to growth, were
up by 30 to a total of 1,082. Many
, of the new connections were for
new houses (13 permits were is-
! sued by the city during 1959).
The Southwestern States Tele-
! phone Company gained 95 phone
| connections during the past year.
Ten of those were extensions from
existing phone connections.
United Gas reported a gain of
41 connections for Rusk and im-
mediate service area. It had a total
| of 1,151 connections at year's end.
The city total for new residence
| construction in the past year was
$113.200. Sundry business construc-
tion totalled $30,215. Repairs and
improvements to city homes listed
with the city totalled $17,250.
Construction for the last year
was probably down somewhat from
the previous year in which the city
experienced a mild residence build-
ing boom, largely as a result of
Texas Power and Light Company
employees moving here.
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New C-C President Tells
"Community Spirit' Goal
City Vote May Be Asked
J'ville Council
Okays Franchise
J'VILLE—City councilmen voted
3-2 to grant the General Telephone
Company a franchise, but opposi-
tion elements have threatened to
petition for a city referendum on
I he issue.
The split vote came in Tuesday
night's meeting after the defeat
of two motions by Eddie Johnson
—one to reject the franchise agree-
ment and, second, a motion to pass
an ordinance providing for a three
per cent gross revenue tax in place
of the present two per cent.
Voting for the proposed fran-
chise after its first reading were
Councilmen J. D. Bearden and F.
A. Shinalt and Mayor Robert llut-
tash. Johnson and Norman Rags-
dale opposed the franchise.
The council session was attended
by 35 citizens, most of whom ex-
pressed themselves concerning the
franchise issue. During that discus-
sion the council was presented with
a 148-signature petition to consider
another telephone company to ser-
vice Jacksonville.
"As the service we have been
receiving from the General Tele-
phone Company of the Southwest
has been very poor, although we
feel that they have been and are
being paid for first-class service,"
said the petition.
Opinions were also voiced by
City Attorney Emerson Stone, Jr.,
and City Manager Walter Cook.
Stone recommended thi^t the coun-
cil reject the franchise, for he felt
it removed ono of the city's major
bargaining tools, Cook favored
'granting the franchise in order to
better relations between the com-
pany and city.
(See J'VILLE Page 4)
Summerfield
Schools Take
Test For TB
Tuberculosis tests were adminis-
tered to 454 pupils, teachers and j
others at the New Summerfield I
white and colored schools Tuesday
and tests will be conducted in the
Shady Grove colored school and
community next Tuesday.
The Cherokee County Tubérculo-!
.lis Association also announced this
week its plans to test the person-
nel of the courthouse and court-
house annex Friday, January 9. The
tests will also include anyone who
works around the square.
Tests will be administered from
8-5 Friday by the County Health
nurse. They will be given in the j
County Health Unit in the base-
ment of the Courthouse,
The Association has received an
application for admission to the
Tyler TB hospital.
ALTO The Hamilton Jewelry
Store here began repairing damage
to the store front caused when an
auto jumped the curb and rammed
into it December 31.
The aluminum floor frame, glass
doors and much of the store's mer
chandise was destroyed in the acci-
dent. A connecting brick wall was
also torn apart.
The ear, driven by Fisher Har-
rison. was being parked at the curb,
when the brakes failed II jumped of the County courthouse, it will
the curb and rammed into the ¡honor lite county's soil fertility
store front. Harrison was not in -1 leaders and will kick off the 1900
jured. program.
The Hamilton Jewelry building The speaker holds a l¡ S. degree
is the newest in Alto, being com- in agriculture from Auburn Univer-
plelely renovated last summer fol- sity and a Master's degree which
lowing a fire. The building is own-, he earned in 1915. lie has been in
etl by the Hamilton Jewelry and j agriculture work since early in the
houses that firm and the Alto Flow M)20's. He served as an Extension
Soil Awards
Ag Leader
To Speak
At Dinner
Dr. Frank E. Boyd of M o n t-
gomery, Alabama, will be speaker
for the County's annual Soil Ferti-
lity Awards banquet in Rusk Mon-
day night.
Dr Boyd is prominent in a num j
her of national agricultural scienti-
fic and honorary societies and has
served as president of the Alabama
Soil Fertility Society.
He will speak at the 7:30 banquet
at which some 30 awards will be
made to countians. The banquet
will be held in the Council room
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Officers
Installed
T uesday
er Shop.
Service Agronomist in Alabama un-
til 1927 when he was employed by
| the Chilean Nitrate organization to
Commission i
Tells County
Road Projects
Construction arid maintenance
projects have been announced for
two Cherokee County roads total
ling more than 14 miles The two
projects were announced by W
W Potter, District Fnginecr at
Tyler, who stated that they will be
under the supervision of local high-
way district personnel and work
should begin in the summer of
1960.
Stale Highway 294, from t It e
Anderson County line to near Alto ¡of the Auburn Alumni Association
and as Governor of the Alabama;
District of Kiwanis International.
do sales and education work, lie,
became Southern Agronomist for
the Virginia - Carolina Chemical
Corporation and has served in that
capacity since.
Mr. Boyd is known throughout
the South where he has preached
the scientific approach to profit
able farming, and he has been ac-
tive in every movement related to
the proper use of fertilizer.
He was active iri organization of
Hi Alabama Soil Fertility Society
as a means of coordinating the ef-
forts of agricultural and industrial
leaders in working toward improv-
ing Alabama agriculture.
He has also served as president
Rusk's new Chamber of Com-
merce president declared Tuesday
night that one of the foremost pur-
poses of his administration will bo
the cultivation of a community
spirit.
In his acceptance speech at the
Chamber banquet, Dr. Charles W.
Castner said Rusk is a good ex-
ample of community loyalty and
good neighborliness. "And we are
proud of our relationships with
neighboring cities."
lie quoted a statement to the ef-
fect that Ittisk is the best place in
the world to make a home. And he
recalled personal experiences to
illustrate his feeling for Rusk. He
began his eleemosynary adminis-
trative work here in 1923, and 31
years later in 1954 he was
given a choice between superin-
tending the Kcrrville or Rusk hos-
pitals. He chose Rusk.
I)r Castner was installed as the
Dr. <'liarles \V. Ca.'Ulrt', new Rusk (.'hyjmbor of Com- new Chamber president Tuesday
merco president,, is installed by VV. K. Davis. The ceremonias night by outgoing director and in-
at tlie Chamber banquet Tuesday evening. '-billing officer, W L, Davis. Other
new officers installed were Shelby
Hood, vice-president; Fred Luns-
ford, second vice-president; and E.
B Musick, Sr., treasurer.
Lloyd Pipes was outgoing presi-
dent He spoke briefly early in the
program, saying that while accom-
plishments in 1959 were not specta-
cular, the stage has been set for
1000 growth Hi.1 mentioned two
prominent industrial prospects,
Pipes also called for more pub-
lic support for an organization
whose full time purpose is the pro-
motion and development of the
were
Lucky Bills' Feature
Offers County Bonuses
|
Now your bonus may come jusl wide feature o I you dozens of
any day . . in the new "Lucky i chíneos to pick up extra cash.
Bill" feature, that. is. Coming Fri It's no contest, no chance it's
day, this new and exclusive county 1 jusl 11 bonus from tin
Johnny and Beverly Sue Walker
spent part of the Christmas hoi i
days with grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs E J Walker of Hemphill
Grand Jury
Indicts Five
Rusk Bottling Plant
To Resume Operation
First Federal Declares
Dividend, Motes Growth
is the largest project. Resurfacing
and reconditioning of the base on
sections is slated for 12.8 miles of
this road.
The other project is on U. S.
Highway 84. The work will be grad-
ing, structures and surfacing of
13 miles, from 2.3 miles west of
Rusk to one mile west of Rusk.
State; Highway Engineer I). C.
Greer said allotment of funds for
these projects is in addition to the-f cIut|cd jn )h„ hills.
regular construction and mainten-
ance projects already programmed
for the county. ,
The funds for the two projects Barlon' ,iilIy Way"e Pcrklns an(l
are part of $840,000 authorized for ■ fJl's Barker.
Psychologist
To Speak For
P-TA Meeting
merchants i
I participating in the feature. And
here's how simple il is:
When you make a purchase ¡it
one of the participating merchants'
stores, ask for your change in dot
lar bills Hang on to them and
, listen In Radio Station KTLU.
Twenty times a day KTLU will
announce lucky
Robert Hayes, Rusk State Hospi ¡numbers from
tal psychologist, will s p e a k on planted in the participating stores.
"Stepping Stones to Maturity" at Thousands of lucky bills will be
the regular monthly meeting of the ; distributed in the county. New
Itusk Parent-Teacher Association bills will be added continuously.
Thursday night. [f y0ll have one of the lucky
The Second District Court Grand "l0 W'H he held at 7:30, bills and if you call Radio Station
I Jury Monday returned three in i'n t'1'1 •'un'or High
| dictments. Five persons were in-
Indicted were: Lawrence Congle-
ton, Forrest Frisinger, Carl Don
the Junior High School cafe-! KTLU (MU 3-2259) within 15 min-
teria. Brownie Troop 109, led by lutes you will receive from $1 to
Mrs W. E. Davis, will also perform $10 cash or perhaps a $169.50 tele*
for P-TA members in a program vision set ($100 cash will be given
| of singing arid dancing.
in lieu of the set if the winner
Everyone, and especially parents desires).
of school-aged children, is urged to Shop now at one of the stores
., attend the meeting. It will be high- listed in the advertisements in this
The First Federal Savings and
Loan Association of Rusk has de-
clared its fifty-first semi-annual di-
vidend totalling more than $141.-
000. The dividend, paid to 2210 in-
vestors, brought the institution's
total dividend payment to $1,734.
000
The new figures were revealed
by First Federal President l^eo W
Tosh in connection with the Assoc*
ation's annual statement
Substantial gains were also re
fleeted in other figures First
mortgage loans increased from $6-
170.000 to $7,338,000 And savings
were up $1.303,000 over the $6.071,
000 shown in the preceding report-
ing period, December 31. IBM
Similarly the number of inves-
tor* increased 1;; '*.* r**" '"•••'
Irom 1 92# lo 2210
In connection with these state-
ments, Tosh said that the Associa
tion anticipates an annual dividend
rate of 4*4 per cent on savings
effective January 1 In this con
nection. he said that more demands
for loans, for buying, building and
repairing homes, has upped the in-
stitution's need for new invest
ments
We need these new investments
to fulfill our purpose in serving
the homeowner and assist people
in our area in owning a home."
Tosh said Me also expressed ap-
preciation tí the savers and bor
rowers who have patronized First
Federal in past years.
The Association will have its an
nual members' meeting on January
20 at 2pm Directors will be
elected in the meeting
Two Rusk men have acquired a
half interest in the local Grapette
Bottling plant and operations will
resume about February 1 after
about a three-morith shutdown.
J R. Wcstbrook, manager of the
plant for some 10 years, and Her
schel Kyle have purchased a half
interest in the Rusk plant and in
the Tyler plant, both operated un-
der one franchise.
Westbrook will assume active
management of both plants and
Kyle said he would become active
in their operation at a later date
The two plan to resume plant
operation here early next month
About 10 to 15 employees will
operate the local works year round
Present plans call for adding a new
beverage to the line already manu
factored and expanding service to
the 22 county distribution area
The Tyler plant, small-r of the
two. has been operating regularly
The Busk plant was shut down last
fall Wentbrook and Kyle plan to
run five trucks from the Rusk
plant and four from the Tyler plant
immediately The number may be
increased
• mnrnuomante in ..¡«111 rnnntiea r.f C'ongleton WHS indicted OH
impr >vem< nt.s ight - charge of forgery He is an ex con-1 'v informative as well as entertain issue of the Cherokeean, then list-
vict picked up in Palestine on the I '"*>'• according to the president, ■ en to KTLU for the lucky serial
check charge. Mrs W. K Gabbert. numbers.
Frisinger was indicted for the
District 10. It constitutes capital
betterments for the increased safe-
ty of the travelling public, and pro-
tection of investment on existing ,
U. S and State Highways, Greer onla f7'® "acking J0^ New Year Was Signal
sajfj on the T R. Perkins store late last °
The work will consist generally j
of improving intersections, widen
mg bridges and roadway ap-
proaches, strengthening existing
bases and additional asphalt sur-
facing and shoulder improvements.
The other three persons were
indicted on charges of theft of boat
motors.
Kiwanis Head,
Davis, Names
Committees
At the Kiwanis Club's first re-
Company Denies
Allegations Of
Glass In Pop
Políticos Rush
To Tell Plans
community. The retiring president
expressed his thanks for the help
and encouragement he had re-
eeived during his administration.
Dr Castner remarked that he
was finishing his career where he
, started it and he gave his reasons
do ar bill serial f()r c|100s¡ng nu.sk as a home.
bills pieviouslyj |j(, touched on the need for new
enterprise and concluded with the
statement that he had never work-
ed wilh a greater group than the
Rusk Chamber of Commerce Board
of Directors,
Guest speaker for the evening
was John McKee of Dallas, Ford
regional civic and governmental af-
fairs manager. He was introduced
by Rusk Mayor Morris Hassell.
McKee, speaking on the subject,
"Ijot's Return Politics to the Peo-
ple," stated, in effect, that the Am-
erican citizenry and business peo-
ple in particular, had set a record
for political reticence.
But he pointed out that the
"giant is awakening." America is
showing an interest in taking back
the reins of government, he said,
and business has discovered it can-
not survive unless something is
done.
Minority pressure groups and
lobbies are influencing legislation
not in the best interests of Ameri-
ca as a whole, he said. But this
new business-in-politics move may
challenge these organized influ-
ences.
lie said business' aim should be
to arouse the public at large and
combat the political indifference
The new year was greeted with Pre New Year announcements
a rush of local political announce- were made by Thomas Wallace,
The National Nugrape Company, ments which seemed to hit their also a commissioner candidate, and
defendant in a $25,000 lawsuit filed peak this week Nearly a half Homer Smith, a candidate for she
in District Court here, has denied dozen candidates submitted an- riff Rep W W Glass and County 'hat has allowed this condition to
guiar meeting of the year, Presi each of the allegations in t h e nouncements in the last 10 days Attorney Paul Cox announced for develop.
d« rit W E Davis named his ap plaintiff's original petition and For the most part th"y were in- re election last week "Our overriding aim should be
pointments to the various commit- "puts itself upon the country." cumbent officers seeking re elec Announcements are expected to restore strength and balance
Ipps Plaintiff iri the suit, Grady C. tion shortly from four other incumbent to our democratic processes by
Davis outlined briefly the duties Young, claim* that a bottle of Nu Kour who have announced thus officers Sheriff Allen t) o t s o n,' building up the health and broad-
of the new committees and passed grape soda water which he drank f r are ins, while three are outs County Commisioner I-ester Ethe- ening the interests of both political
out literature to e«ch from Kiwanis * Jacksonville filling station in Announcing since Monday were ridge, and the two district judges, parties. In short, our effort must
International July. 1059 left him in bad health jimmie Cone tax collector, who is James Moore and J W Summers, be directed toward restoring poH-
The club membership feel* that and sick seeking re election. Reid Jones, Other new candidates are also' tics to the people," McKee said,
the new president is leading off Young alleged he felt glaas in his Precinct I commissioner, a candi expected in various offices ®
to a goed start and expressed eon- mouth after drinking the soda date for re-election, and Carl Wll-I The Democratic Primary is May Julian Payne left
fidenre that hia enthusiasm will be water He la seeking $29.000 dam cox, a candidate for Preelnrt 1 7, more than two months earlier Temple where he will _ ¡a> oi
adopted by the club ages commissioner , than the usual voting date. cal treatment tor knee injurie*.
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Whitehead, E. H. The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1960, newspaper, January 7, 1960; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth150322/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.