The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 117, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 8, 1965 Page: 1 of 16
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Congratulations are in order tn
our newly fleeted city and m-hiiol
official . We ll have two new fac-
et at city hall next month . . .
Re* Nichols, Mayor, and C. L.
Manning, councilman. M. (a. Hlg-
gins was reflected as a council
member.
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Our School TriintceN will be the
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TEXAS OLDEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, ESTABLISHED AT THE PIONEER JULY 5, 1817
SERVING RUSK WITH
DISTINCTION FOR
117 Years
Sunday Cospel Singing begins
again this year. Roundabout
talked to Odls Wood last week,
and dinciiNNcd the various all-day
meetings that will be held in the
Rusk area. Here is the schedule:
Sardis Baptist Church will have
an all day singing April 10. Ac-
tivity bcgiiiN around 10:30 a.m.
and winds up at 4 p.m.
Oakland Baptist Church will
host wingers April 24.
The big County Singing Conven-
tion will he staged in Rusk the
fourth Sunday in May.
Cold Springs Methodist Church
plans another all-day singing tin
fifth Sunday in May. Many sing
prs will have a get-together in the
Wiley Reed home Saturday night.
. Rocky Springs Church plans a
Memorial Service and singing the
first Sunday In June.
Roundabout is looking forward
to attending several of these sing-
Ings . . . We can't sing, but enjoy
hearing others.
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The Roundabout family will b<-
out nl town this week-end . . .
VOLUME 117
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Committee
Visits Six
Industries
Tho Rusk Chamlwr of Com-
merce Industrial Relations Com-
mittee toured six different indus-
tries in Ru.sk Monday afternoon
as part of the Chamber's current
program to find out more about
Rusk industries and to discuss
ways in which the ChamlxT can
help these industries.
Chamber members making the
tour included Robert von Doen-
hoff, C S. Ilinlon, Jr., Henry
Westbmok, John Harten, and the
chairman of the committee, Hex
Nichols. The group was accom-
panied by II. M. (¡ambrcll, cham-
ber manager.
Industries toured were South
Tex,'is Producers' Association, Slo-
ver Crate and Lumber Company,
S colt Manufacturing Company,
BiT'bam's Nursing Home, Corn-
Belt Hatchery, and Citizens In-
dustrial Insurance Agency.
The committee's tight schedule
prevented their inspecting more
Rusk industries, according 1o
Plan to attend the annual {""If (; imlin II Wednesday afternoon
RI'SK, TEXAS
THURSDAY, APRIL S, 1985
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NUMBER 41
Coast Press Meeting in Galves-
ton. Roundabout always learns a
great deal at these meetings.
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E. R. Gregg is a "man with a
mission" . . . E. R. is working
hard getting plans in shape to
stage another "bang-up" Clean up
Drive In Rusk. The campaign is
to be launched April 15th.
Glenn Miller, chairman of the
Retail Trade Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce, tells
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Lions Mop And
Broom Sale
Slated Thurs.
M o p s, .brooms, and other
sundry cleaning equipment will
be offered for sale to local
consumers this Thursday, by
members of the Ru.sk Lions
Club.
According to Chairman Ike
paniel, the items are to be
available for purchase all day
in downtown Rusk, and during
the early e v e n i n g hours a
house to house canvass will be
conducted.
The money-raising event is
an annual spring project of
the club, designed to help
raise funds for the carrying
out of the many and varied
worthwhile activities, which
the Lions Club supports.
the committee is .scheduled to vis-
it the Tl'&L plant at Lake Stry-
ker.
RSH $100,000
Grant Request
Review Slated
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Rusk State Hospital's $100,000
i federal grant request will be re-
! viewed April 2S and 2!), Dr.
I Charles W. Castner, Supt., told
The Cherokeean Wednesday morn-
ing.
Dr. Arch Connally, psychiatrist
in charge of Maximum Security,
will meet with officials in Dallas
to iron out various technical as-
pects of the request.
"We expect to have everything
in order to present the State
Board for State Hospitals and
Special Schools when they meet
in Austin May 10," Dr. Cashier
said.
The Hospital Superintendent
commented that final approval is
hoped early this summer.
If and when this grant is made,
many of the problems confront-
ing officials in treatment of the
criminally insane will be resolved.
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0 Play Here Friday
The Rusk M('Chants will play
Jacksonville Friday night at 7: .'>()
on Dickinson's Field.
Rusk Elects Mayor And
Two Counrilmen Tuesday
ANNUAL CITY-WIDE
Clean-up Project
Begins April 15
Rusk's annual "C lean-Up, . at various places throughout the
Paint-up, Fix-up" campaign will city were shown to those in att- ■
begin Thursday, April IT), and er.daoce to illustrate some of the |
continue through May 15, accotd- areas which need to be con con-1
;ng to an announcement this week trated on during the drive,
by E. R. Gregg, chairman of the "Our drive will actually last
Cha m i) e r of Commerce Civic only one month, but we hope that j
Pride Committee which is head- its affects will last for 12 months.
ing the city beaut if ¡cation drive.
Also working with the Chamber
of Commerce committee will be
the two Rusk garden clubs, the
Rusk Garden Club and the Daffo-
dil Garden Club. Mrs. W II Han-
is president of the Rusk (¡ar-
den club and Mi's. M. M. Guinn
is president of the Daffooil Gar-
den Club.
Plans for this year's drive were
made Friday morning during a
meeting of the Civic Pride Com-1 of men will be washing down the
mittee and representatives of the j sidewalks and streets around the
two garden clubs. Movies taken central business areas in Rusk.
¡Streets around the square will be
•«•striped.
Nichols Named
Mayor of City
By Wide Margin
Rusk voters elected local at-
torney, Rex Nichols, to a two
year term as Mayor of Rusk by
a lopsided margin over W. Wilson
McVlckor in the city election held
last Tuesday.
Official tabulations showed a
total of 528 votes cast. Nichols
received 442 votes lo McVieker's
SO votes.
In the race for City Council,
We are asking every citizen of C L. Manning lead the ticket in
this city lo join with us in this | Ms first attempt for city office,
campaign.'' said Gregg. Incumbent M. G. Higgins was re-
Tuesday, April 13, members of fleeted to the second vacant po-
the garden clubs will be distribu- sition on the council.
ting window placards to various Voting in the council race was:
husimsses and do other general Manning, 415 votes; Iligglns, 308
promotional work nudi as giving votes; and James Polk Richards,
IH'ople stickers to help publicize 289 votes.
the project. ! Oaths of office for the new city
With the offici d beginning of officers will be administered next
the campaign on April 15. crews Tuesday night by City Attorney
Paul B. Cox during the council's
regular monthly meeting.
Other members currently serv-
CH AMBER OF COMMERCE INDUSTRIAL
TOUR—-Member.'- of tin Chamber's Industrial
Relations (Vmmin.- recently toured a number
of local industrie in Rusk to become better
acquainted with management procedure. In the
picture above, Chamber
members are taken on
RSH UNDER NEW JURISDICTION
a tour of South Texas Producers' Association
by plant manager, Shelby Hood. Pictured above,
from le^t to right, are: John Barton; Rex Nich-
ols; C. S. Hinton, Jr.: Henry Westbrqok; Shelby
Hood; H. M .Gambrell; and Robert von Doen-
hoff. —Staff Photo
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Law Creates New Board
ing on thr* Rusk City Council in-
clude J. P. Acker, Clyde Smith,
Other activities will include ¡ ami John Butler.
trimming troes and shrubbery j The new Mayor, a partner in
and the removal of unsightly fen-j the law firm of Cox and Nichols,
es and out-buildings. ¡succeeds E. H. Whitehead who
During the clean-up period, resigned as Mayor on February
trucks will be available to haul D to avoid a "conflict of interest"
away trash and litter as Rusk involved in plans for expansion of
citizens tidy up their property. |E-Z Vision Cable Company of
Members of the Chamber of which he Ls president. Former
A new slate of officers to be Commerce "Clean-up, Paint-up. councilman, J. C. Willams, Sr.,
headed by William (BillvO E ! Fix-tip" Committee include: Glenn served as Mayor Pro-Tom during
Watson of Rusk was announced IMlllpr; I)on C|'-VWI"; B R- Nick ,h(' inf,'rim
during a county Texas State io,son: M. II. Norton: J. P. Jared; 1 Election judge was Mrs. Jewel
Teachers Association banquet held
Mon<fciy night.
The banquet was held in the
GARDEN COMPETITION
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Officers
Announced
Rusk State Hospital will conic
under the authorization of a new
state agency September 1 when
Governor John ('<,nr,ally's Texas
Mental Health and .Mental Retar-
dation Act '""S into effect.
The new law will bring the
-tale's scattered facilities and ser-
vices for tlx e'i: i' nnd treatment
of the ment Hlv ill and mentally
retarded nnd r the new agency,
the Texas Department of Mental
Health and Menial Retardation.
The new department will take
over the men' -I health and men-
tal retardation facilities and ser- i
vices formerly under the Board
for Texas State Hospitals and
Special Schools, which currently
includes Rusk State Hospital. The
new agency will also include the
State Office of Mental Health
Planning, and the Mental Health
Division of the State Department
of Health.
"Primarily this involves only a
title change for Rusk State Hos-
pital," said Dr. Charles W. Cast-
ner, superintendent of Rusk Hos-
HOST DRAGONS
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MAJOR LEAGUE MEMBERSHIP DRIVE-The
Rusk Chamber of Commerce officially began its
10 day annual membership drive with a kick-off
breakfast Thursday, April 8, at the Pineview
Restaurant. In the picture above, Chamber
members working in the drive jokingly discuss
' which team, the "Yankees" or the "Dodgers",
will solicit the most new me.nbeis. From left
to right, they ore Raymond Coop. umpire of
the drive; E. B. Mu-id;, Jr.. manager and
pitcher of the "Dodgers"; the Rev. Jewel Mc-
Clure, manager and pitcher of the "Yankees";
Ruddy Hinton, Chamber president; and Lloyd
Pipes, catcher for the "Dodgers".
Rusk Beats
Henderson
1-0 Friday
Rusk's Eagles bested a strong
Triple-A Henderson team here in
a close 1-0 battle Friday, April
12, which turned into a pitching
duel between Rusk's sophomore
pitching star, Glenn Hassell, and
i Henderson's Billv Hales.
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Hassell shuck out 10 opponents
| while Hales struck out 12 Rusk
batters. There were only four er-
rors. two for each team, in the
whole ball game which saw Coach
Boh Young's Eagles hand a de-
feat to a former Rusk coach,
Charlie Franklin of Henderson.
Rusk's Hassell only allowed
two batters to get hits. Hender-
son's Simmons singled in the sec-
ond inmng and Hales hit in the
third inning.
Rusk wen the ball game in 1he
fourth inning when Mike Crysup
w« nt to first on a hard hit ball
which bounced off the shoulder t
<f Iler.derson's third baseman. |
i Crysup stole second base and
came home to score on a hit by
Hoi con b to the Henderson short-
1 stop.
Parker Stafford singled in the
same inning but died on second
j base.
In the opening game of the dou-
ble-header, Rusk's second team
was defeated by Henderson 5-0.
' Boh Edwards was the losing
pitcher ami Henderson's Dixon
was the winning pitcher.
Henderson's scoring came in
the second, third, and fourth inn-
ings of play. They had four hits
and two earned rut*?.
Tho next scheduled game for
See RUSK BEATS, Page 8
pital. "instead of being under the
Boai-d for Texas State Hospitals
and Special Schools, we will now
be under the Texas Department
of Mental Health and Mental Re-
tardation."
The doctor continued, "We are
told by our legislative friends
that Rusk State Hospital will not
be affected at this time and there
will be no immediate changes in
the transition."
"I have long been in favor of
the act," Dr. Castner said. '.'Here-
tofore, there were not enough
mental health clinics because
there was not enough sufficient
funds. Sometimes a conflict arose
in determining which board had
the proper authority in making
See NEW BOARD, Page 8
was neta in
Fellowship Hall of the Rusk First
Methodist Church. The Friendship
Couples Class served the 12G
teachers, their spouses, and guests
in attendance.
Other officers elected were:
Mrs. Kathryn Davis of Now Sum-
merfield, first vice-president;
George T. Williams of Alto, sec-
ond vice-president; Mrs Helen
Tread well of Rusk, third vice-
president ; Max T r e a dwell of
Wells, fourth vice-president; and
Mi-s. Jo Philbrick, secretary-
treasurer.
Following the banquet, a pro-
gram entitled "This Is Your Life"
was presented with Rusk School
Superintendent Gerald Chapman
as the principal subject.
Wyatt Summers of Longview,
formerly of Rusk, spoke on his
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| Frank Summers; G I a d s t o n e ¡Coupland, assisted by Mrs. El-
Thompson: James P. Richards; mer Beckworth ami Mrs. Kate
' Lester Goff and Harold Miller. Stovall.
Club Racks Up
Six Dist. Awards
Tuesday of this week, the Rusk
Garden Club returned to this city
from Palestine's District III Gar-
den Club Convention with virtual-
ly a monopoly on Awards!
The local club's tally was a to-
tal of six awards: Award of Mer-
it for Horticulture; three first
place awards in Bird Sanctuary
work, Conservation and Arbor
Day observance; and two second
ribbons, Yearbook and Litterbug.
Approximately 100 ladies from
the Southern Zone attended the
two day session, which was cli-
maxed by the presentation of
these highly prized, and hard-
earned awards.
Representing the Rusk Club at
Palestine Tuesday, were presi-
dent, Mrs. W. H. Hanna, also
Mmes. Marvin Roten, Carl Wip-
preeht, J. E. Wallace, W. S. John-
son and O. J. Guenther.
Winnei-s were chosen on the
See CLUB RACKS, Page 8
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A HALF DOZEN PRETTY GIRLS-These six Rusk High School
girls were named cheerleaders for next year during a student
election held last week at RHS. They are, from left to right,
Carolyn Williams, Suzy Summers, Nancy Durham, Dana Cox,
Glenda Graham, and Jennifer Swift. Glenda, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Graham, is head cheerleader. —Staff Photo
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Whitehead, E. H. The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 117, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 8, 1965, newspaper, April 8, 1965; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth150595/m1/1/: accessed May 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.