The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 2, 1960 Page: 1 of 24
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COUNTYWIDE
NEWS COVERAGE
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ELECTION TIME again and
everybody's looking for another JUNE 2, 1960
big vote .... This one won't take
so long to count, though, because
there's not many on the ballot .
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RUSK, TEXAS
VOLUME 112
THREE SECTIONS
NUMBER SO
THE LITTLE PEOPLE are tak-
ing the sports spotlight again . . . .
They really go for the excellent
baseball program Lions have prov-
ided for them .... Good to see
that many coaches and managers,
et al, interested in them ....
HERSCHEL KYLE came who-
oshing back from California Tues-
day afternoon. He made the trip
to Dallas via ¡et in less time (2
hours, 50 minutes) than it took
him to get from Dallas to Rusk,
SHAGGY LIONS will begin to
app*ar on the streets the Utter
part of this week, but don't get
alarmed. The Lions Club has invit-
ed all its members to join in the
beard-growing contest . . under
penalty of a $5 fine .... Leon
Pledger says the contest will lead
up to the Lions Rodeo. Judging
will be at the rodeo kickoff lunch-
eon and prizes will be awarded for
the best looking, the longest, and
the ugliest beards
Speaker Club For
Cherokee County
Is Organized
The Cherokee County Speakers
Club, which plans to become affil-
iated with Toastmasters Internat-
ional, was organized in Rusk Tues-
day night. Joe Tuck of Jackson-
\ille was elected temporary presi-
dent.
Rusk and .Jacksonville men who
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Enrollment
High At 1st
Baptist VBS
Approximately 135 students are
enrolled at the Vacation Bible
School underway at First Baptist
Church. More are expected as the
two day old school continues.
Under the leadership of Rev.
Lonnie Webb, church pastor, the
morning sessions will go through
Wednesday of next week, when a
picnic climaxes the activity.
At the regular Wednesday night
prayer meeting, commencement
exercises will be held with a re-
ception to follow in Fellowship
Hall.
Families and friends of the
young people are invited to attend
and witness the presentation of
various certificates and awards. ...
Handwork made during the school other truck is believed to have escaped serious injury
will be on display also to the visit-
Short Ballot Won't
Deter Second Big
Vote By Countians
Interpretative
A Garrison man, Henry Boatman, Jr., rode to his death in
lided with a log truck about five miles west of Alto Tuesday morning. The driver of the
this water trucít which col-
ors.
Approximately 30 workers art
assisting with the 8 day school
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To Compete
For Area IX
Title Thurs.
Miss Diann Burton will compete ,
with 7 other girls Thursday after
noon for the title of Area Sweet-
have been planning the club for heart in the Ballroom of the Hotel
several weeks, met for the first' Fredonia. Nacogdoches.
meeting at the Rusk Hotel. They The eight contestants will vie
elected Judson Perkins of Rusk as f0r the two alloted votes given!
vice-presidunt; Houston White of each chapter. And, there will be !
Rusk, treasurer; and Ike Sears of some 90 chapter delegates present!
Jacksonville secretary. to cast ballots.
Truck Driver Killed In tpea Plans
Crash Near Alto Tuesday
Tho annual Rusk State Ho
Annexation May
Relieve City's
Census Sorrows
Absentee
Indicates
Good Vote
Husk's I960 federal census and
Hospital j what it does ulwut it may well be-
homecoming for former employees come a leading local issue.
A Garrison man was killed in- jured and was transferred to a wi], be held on June 30 this year, Public reaction has been from
stantly Tuesday morning in a j Lufkin hospital after treatment at Mrs .Christine Hanes, president of j extreme to extreme, but
smashing two-truck collision nearj(he A¡to cj,njc
Alto. Dead was Henry J. Boatman,
driver of a water truck engaged in
highway construction.
Charles Tanner, driver ol the
other vehicle, a log truck, was in-
norm
City Outvoted
Itself: 104%
Of Poli Lists
Others present were A B. Watts,
Lynn Starkey, Dr. Charles Davis.
Calvin Reigel, John Hartón.
Weekly meetings will be held at
Husk Hotel each Tuesday at 7 p.m.
The club is seeking 30 members
from the county. It plans to apply
for a charter from Toastmasters,
No dues will be collected until aft-
er that affiliation.
In their first meeting, club mem- ¡
bers observed a program staged by |
several of the number who had
held previous Toastmaster mem-
bership.
A. B. Watts and Calvin Reigel
each made a six minute speech. ¡
Two-minute talks were made by
others. Ike Sears was topic master
for the two-minute talks.
First and second place winners
111 Thursday's contest, enter State
competition July 20 22 at Houston.
Miss Burton is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. Burton of Rusk.
The local FFA chapter will be
represented by Raymond Vermil-
lion and Johnny Grisham.
as;
Return From
Tyler Encampment
Seventeen Maydclle F ut u r e
Farmers returned Tuesday from
an encampment at Tyler State
Park. The annual outing of the,
chapter was financed with chapter
funds earned during the last!
school yead.
Heavy absentee voting
many as voted in the first prim-
ary—points to a large vote Sat
urdav. But Rusk will have to go
some to break its own record set
in that election
On May 7, 1,842 votes were
counted in Rusk boxes. This is
104 per cent of the registered
voters. Poll lists show the three
Rusk precincts have 1.782 vot-
The two trucks collided about
8:15 Tuesday morning on a dusty
stretch of State Highway 294 about
five miles West of Alto. The sec-
lion of highway is under construct
ion and dust was partially blamed
for the crash of the two heavy
vehicles.
Boatman apparently was killed
instantly. He was thrown from the
truck and was lying under the veh-
icle as it came to rest in an up-
right position. It appeared to have
flipped about three times. The
victim was a truck driver for Rub-
en Hayes, Henderson contractor
Tanner was driving lor Hilory Po
land of Diboll, investigators said.
The truck trailer outfit driven
by Tanner, a Diboll Negro, was
severed by the impact. I/Ogs from
the loaded truck were scattered
the Hospital's TPEA chapter, said. | opinion seems to reject the idea of
Arrangement have not progress- an approaching souvenir-selling ec-
ed to where details can be an-jonomy, and a constructive trend of
nounced, she said, but the obscrv- thought has begun to emerge,
i.nce will be similar to those in: Thinking of some now tends to-
other years. A covered-dish supper ward annexation -extending the
will be served. I city limits to take 111 more people.
Mrs. Maness said the local chap- It is admitted that this is a short-
ter plans "to invite the Executive run measure and it's something
Director of the State organization1 like counting the chickens after
of TPEA. they've been sold, but it's appnr-
Drive Recruits
Flection interest in Saturday's
runoff primary will be focused
up#n the County Sheriff's race,
ently the only way to mitigate the ont> °f lwo contests of local signifi-
loss from humiliating to disap
Banquet To Recognize
New Chamber Members
More than thirty new Rusk Also, Rusk Florist and Green-
Chamber of Commerce members house, Rusk Hotel, Tucker Marine
ers registered (those who paid over the highway and traffic was
poll taxes and those holding un- blocked for about two hours until
der-age exemptions). the road could be cleared by a
The extra voters are those who bulldozer.
arc exempt from the poll tax or Highway Patrolman O. C. Guth
registration because of over age, rie and County Sheriff Allen Dot
These do not have to register in son both investigated 011 the
Cherokee County scene.
July Contract Seen For JVille-Bullard
State Writing Deeds On
Rusk-Alto Road Project
The contract for construction of interest to Rusk is the re routing Except for a section south of
a four lane highway from Jackson of a section of Highway 84 (Pales-} Alto, the Highway 69 widening
vine to Bullard is "expected to be tine Highway) West of Rusk which program will eventually result in
awarded in July, officials said Tues- will eliminate the hazard at State I a four-lane highway that will span
day. The date is about one month | Crossing.
later than originally planned. Harris said that contract would
Construction will begin probably Probably be awarded in September
within 30 days after the contract, ^ ^^y^as already been com-
is awarded. The project will be
pleted on the project.
Cherokee County.
Work on the Rusk-Alto section,
according to State Highway Dep-
artment plans, will begin early
next year
the second of three sections of
U. S. 69 in Cherokee County to be
made into a four-lane highway.
Preliminary surveys 011 the third
section, lying between Rusk and
Alto, have been completed and
Resident Engineer W. D. Harris
said the State has started writing
right of way deeds to be submit
ted to the county. Appraisers are
expected to begin work within two
or three weeks, he said
The county is waiting on the
Poll Shows Businesses
Disfavor Parking Plan
The business people of Rusk ap
pear to strongly disfavor a change
in city parking. Early response to
a city poll indicated they want no
begin acquiring right of part of proposed parallel parking
Forty-two of 74 businesses pull
ed replied to the questionnaire
sent out last week Thirty five out
of 42 said thev were satisfied with
the angle parking as it is
Seven of the r< speetne favored
parallel park in l: 011 t h«- streets off
deeds to
way Right-of-way acquisition is
the responsibility of the county.
The state reimburses it for half the
expense
Count'. Judge I W Chandler
*.hd the county looked for the
deed- shortly Ri"ht of wa\ work
1. abmit completed for the Jack
Miiiville Milliard section Vbout all
of the iieeessar> land ha* been •<
i red incept 11 r ¡iboiif 1 dozen
...ndcmimtion <as< The- .re
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on are
esses to indicate a preference on
the parking question from these
three choices; I.) For Parallel
parking, 2 1 Against Parallel Park-
ing. J 1 Satisfactory as is
The (anls explained "The City
Council of Husk is considering sev
(■ral changes in traffic control
Im-c'I 011 recommendations of the
state One of three change* 1- to
h i\> paraHe) parking on all street-
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Methodist
Bible School
Set June 6-10
Vacation Bible School begins;
next Monday, June 6th at First
Methodist Church, according to
Mrs. Ed Ratcliff, dean.
Sessions will be held Monday
through Friday from 9 a.m. to
11:30, with refreshments to be
served at mid-morning.
In charge of the various depart-
ments are Mrs Metz Heald, Jun-
iors; Mrs. Morris Hasscll, Primary; j
and Mrs. Frank Morgan Kin
dergarten.
Approximately 50 stuaents ;ire
expected to enroll.
Other activities scheduled next
week at the church are: WSCS,,
Monday, June 6, .'1 p m at the
church; and Wesleyan Service j
Guild, Tuesday. June 7, 7 p m at
the church.
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Tom Growers
Meet In Alto
Set Thursday
1
AI.Td Tomato farmers who are,
interested in the opening of a torn I
• to shi I in this area are urged to
11tend a meeting in the Southwest
'in I hi trie community room in
\lto , ■ ,'to pm Thursday
Several shed owners and a pro
will bo introduced at the organiz-
ations^ membership banquet June
28.
The banquet will be held in the
Rusk Hotel K A Anderson of
Palestine will be the speaker
Introduction of members gain-
ed by the Chamber since the first :
of the year will be a leading item 1
on the banquet's agenda, Judson
Perkins, chamber manager said.
Tickets to the affair will be
sold by c S. Ifi 11 tori, Jr., John
Lester, J C Williams, Sr.. Jack
Nichols, W II. Hanna, IJoyd
Pipes, Houston White, Dr. Charles
Castner, lister Goff and by the
Chamber of Commerce.
New members recruited since
January 1 of this year include:
Dr. Hoy Noble, Stovall Cleaners,
Mrooks Johnston, Winford Black,
Campbell Wrecking Yard, Ray-
mond Cooper, Dr. Charles Davis,
Billy Edwards, Morris Elliott, II.
F. Hammond, Herculean Reel Co.,
Ham's T V. and Radio, Keith Ken-
nedy, Rusk Ready Mix, Thomas C.
Smith, Williams Plumbing Com- j
pany, W. I). Bagley Insurance,'
Crippen Gulf Station, Herbert Os ;
borne, Jr
(See BANQUET, Page ÍI)
pointing.
For the lack of about 100 in-
habitants, other complications will
set in. And some see these techn-
icalities of law—not the honor of
the city as the principal object
of annexation. If the city, incorp-
orated under the general laws of
the State of Texas, allows the 4.892
figure to become official without
taking other measures, it will find
itself saddled with a maximum tax
rate of $1.50 (10 cents under its
I present rate) and 110 way to get out
! from under it except to get some
more people and then pay for a
new census.
Some profess to see the horns of
dilemma already protruding.
The situation will call for some
official attention, and it may begin
with the next meeting of the City
¡Council. Officialdom has not ex-
pressed itself excopt along hypoth-
etical lines.
Then there's the home-ru
position. Cities with official pop
ulations of 5,000 or more may in-
corporate under a home-rule char
ter if it is proposed by its govern
merit and voted by its citizens. But
once the new census figures are
announced bv the Bureau of Cen-
sus, it will be too late for Rusk to
become a home-rule city.
With a home-rule charter, Husk
population could fall below 5,000
and it would still be a home-rule
city and presumably would still
have the maximum tax rate of
$2 50 permitted such cities. Annex
(See ANNEXATION, Pg. 8)
canee that will appear on all coun-
ty ballots Second for countywide
interest will be the District Attor-
ney race with Cherokee County's
Union Brown and Angelina Coun-
ty's Billy Lee Thompson as can-
didates.
Precincts 1 and 3, however, have
run-off races for commissioner
which are expected to help at-
tract the vote. And in Prccinct 4,
Coy Dickson and Buford Gray will
run off for constable.
Sheriff Allen Dotson is opposed
by Raymond Teague for the Coun-
ty Sheriff office. Teague was run-
ner-up in the three-man race in
the first primary. He received 3,-
204 votes. Dotson received 3,954,
about 200 short of a majority that
would have precluded a run-off.
On Precinct 1 ballots will be
nin off commissioner candidates
Heid Jones and challenger Bertis
Watson, Precinct 3 voters will de-
cide a run-off between lister Eth-
eridge and Bo Emerson for com-
pro- missioner. *
The only other race 011 the bal-
lot will he the run-off for Judge
of the Court of Criminal Appeals.
Candidates are Lloyd W. David-
son of Travis County and W. T.
McDonald of Brazos County.
Although ballots have been
shortened to four races (three in
Precinct 2), polls an; expected to
he unusually crowded for a run-
off election. During the absentee
voting period, 157 persons receiv-
ed absentee ballots. That was 26
less than the 183 absentee ballots
issued for the first primary which
drew heavy voting.
Sox, Indians Romp In Debut
Oí Rusk Little League Play
Mayor Morris Hassell hurls
tho first, ball of tho season.
The Little League's Red Sox and
Indians gave the League a lopsided
debut Tuesday night as they tr
ouncod their opponents in thej
youngsters' first outing.
Ilie Indians romped over the-
Cardinals 18 0. The Cards managed
only two hits off the shut-out hurl
ing of Billy Bcrryhill. Paul Os-
borne pitched the Red Sox to a 15-
2 initial victory. The Giants also
were held to two hits.
The two games officially opened
the Little League season. They
followed ceremonies in which all
players and manager* were intro-
duced to fans and in which Rusk
Mayor Morris Hassell threw out
the first ball of the season.
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diamond-full of Little Leaguers muster tor the league launching
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