The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 120, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1968 Page: 1 of 12
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RUSK, TEXAS
THURSDAY, MARCH 14. 1968
12.PAGES
NUMBER 40
Strange stories about the
small world we live in comes
from Patrolman Bill Quinn (as
told to Mrs. Roundabout) last
Sunday morning. . . .the night
before he had happened onto
an accident just minutes after
it occurred. A pick-up and
camper had overturned, foll-
owing a blow-out. It contain-
ed five retired ladies; Miss-
es Abba Johnson, Eva John-
son, Ann Larson, Gertrude
Virgin and Mrs. Irene Crand-
411. Three of them were pin-
ned in the camper which was
completely dimollshed, and
all of them had to be un-pln-
ned from the wreckage. They
were enroute to Rusk to visit
their friend, Mrs. Addie Oli-
ver of Rock ford, Illinois
(their home town), who is here
visiting her sister, Mrs. Fin-
is Stovall. Luckily, the lad-
ies escaped with bruises,
found their friend, and in gen-
eral made new friends during
their stay here. They left
Rock ford last Wednesday (a
week ago) and after selling
the truck, plan to continue th-
eir two months trip toTuscon,
Arizona and California by bus
leaving this Thursday. They
were delighted witr. the "fam-
ous Texas hospitality" which
they said they might have
missed, had it not been for
the accident! .
Roundabout would remind
you that absentee voting in
city and school elections be-
gins next Monday. If you plan
to be away on voting day, Ap-
ril 6th, better vote absentee.,
And CC manager Frank Ho-
well reminds everyone he has
Tourist Guides of East Texas
available for 25¿ if you want
to send any to prospective vi-
sitors. . .your faraway friends
and relatives. He also has
HemisFair discount tickets
until April 1st. If you plan on
a trip to the World's Fair at
San Antonio this year, get
tickets now at discount prices
and save yourself some mon-
ey.
••See ROUNDABOUT Pg.4
Election Of
New Rotary
Officers Told
Lloyd Pipes, who has serv-
ed as president of the Rusk
Rotary Club for several mon-
ths, filling the unexpired term
of Ray Cagle who moved to
another county to accept the
post of agricultura I agent, was
recent y re-elected president
of the Club.
Other new officers Include
Dr. James Hunter, vice pres-
ident, Houston White, secre-
tary; and Lester Goff, Bill
Holland, Herbert Nichols and
Clyde Weaver, directors.
The new officers and direc-
tors will assume office July
1st.
County-Wide Junior Livestock Show Is Slated Here Friday Afternoon
At March Meet
Council Opens Bids
For Proposed Library
Rusk City Council opened
bids for the planned city lib
rary building at their regular
month y meeting Tuesday ni
ght. Harry's Building Mater-
ials of Rusk submitted a bid
of $26,875 and an alternate
bid of $24,988; T. E. Allen of
Jacksonville bid $25,500 on
the project. No action was
taken on the bids at the meet-
ing due to the illness of Hub-
ert McGaughey of Cal Mac
Engineering Company, who
prepared the plans.
Pat Nei! 1, chairman of the
Rusk Chamber of Commerce
Rusk Riders
Win Big In
Mineóla Show
When Rusk riders enter a
horse show, you can expect
some of them to win! Such
whs the case again last Satur-
day for one youthful rider who
placed in seven events — Pat
Collins, 11 year old granddau-
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. D. T.
Willingham scored well with
several others from Rusk at
the Mineóla show.
Events and winning contest-
ants at the show, representing
the Cherokee County Riding
Club, are as follows;
Clover Leaf Barrels (12 and
under), Kim Quinn, second;
Pat Collins, fourth;
Poie Bending (12 and under)
Pat Collins, first; Kim Quinn,
third; Ronnie Jones, sixth;
Pole Bending (13-17)^ Pam
Collins, fifth place;
Tube Race (12 and under)
Ronnie Jones, second place;
Pat Collins, third place;
Tube Race (13-17)^ Dean
Simpson, first place; Pam
Collins, fourth place;
Flag Race, (12 and under
Pat Collins, fourth place;
Flag Race (18 and overjjack
Quinn, sixth place;
Keyhole (12 and under), Ron-
nie Jones, second; Pat Coll-
ins, third; and Kim Quinn, fi-
fth;
Keyhole (13-17)^ DeanSimp-
son, third;
Rescue Race, Cathy Clark
and Pat Collins, sixth place.
Tyler's Youth Horse Show is
slated Saturday, March 23rd,
Specia Activities Committee
submitted a request of revamp
the Christmas decorations at
a cost of $1055. The old de-
corations, purchased in 1961,
have detoriated to the point
that something had to be done
Neill explained.
The council voted to pur-
chase necessary garland and
furnish city labor to make the
needed repairs.
Bids were opened for a new
police car, but no action tak-
en until bids could be exami-
ned. The bids were as fol-
lows; Rusk MotorSales,$21-
27.81; Nelson Chrysler-Ply-
mouth, $2074.92; Isaacs Che-
vrolet-Pontiac-Buick, $2136.
31. Councilmen J. C. Willi-
ams and J. P. Acker were ap-
pointed by Mayor Rex Nichols
to compare and report back at
the next meeting.
Other action coming before
the council included;
1.) t\ request by John But-
ler that the city give $300 to
the Rusk Merchants Baseball
team. Butler said that Pales-
tine gives its local club that
amount. Nacogdoches assists
their baseball team with a
gift of $600 a year, according
to the spokesman. But'er ex-
plained that he and Wayne
Townsend lost a great deal of
money with the baseball team
the past year. No action was
taken.
2.) Councilman C. L. Man-
ning wanted to know the sta-
tus of condemantion proceed-
ings on the Elizabeth Whitley
property, located on Lone Oak
Street. This will become a
problem again with warm
weather. City Attorney M.M.
Guinn was instructed to pro-
ceed.
3.) Gave a loading zone to
Car' Dement, who is opening
a electrical company in the
downtown area.
4.) Mayor Rex Nichols sug-
gested that the council seek
someone to operate a taxi
service. This city is prepar-
ed to issue a franchise to a
responsible operator, Nicho-
ls said.
5.) The council voted to cor-
rect an error made on the sur-
vey of property owned by Nor-
ris Campbell on U.S. 84.
6.) A group from the color-
ed addition requested that the
city give consideration to op-
ening a street east of George
Bradford School to connect
with Loop 343. '.V.R. Meador,
principal of the school, ex-
plained that there was no
y
TOP CONTENDER-Doyle Clifton's stocker
steer is an outstanding example of the gains to
be made through a supervised feeding program.
He purchased the animal from Morris Dixon,
and since he has been in the feed lot, the steer
has averaged a gain of two and three-fourths
pounds daily, says FFA advisor Adon Duncan.
He will be entered Friday at the 20th annual Jr.
Livestock Show. Doyle is a Junior at Rusk
High and also the FFA Chapter's secretary.
-STAFF PHOTO
THURSDAY NIGHT
All Sports Banquet Honors 1967-68 Athletes
Rusk's high school athletes
were honored with a formal
dinner at the seventh annual
All Sports Banquet, Thursday
evening. The Quarterback
Club sponsored affair was
held at the New Southern Mo-
tel.
Master of Ceremonies, Rev.
Grover Talbert, called for the
invocation giver by RSH Chap-
lain, Dr. Carl Case.
The Dinner Welcome was
given by Hugh Richey, presi-
dent of the Rusk Quarterback
Club. He congratulated the
athletes and welcomed each
visitor and guest to the dinner.
Rusk High School Athletic
Director, Doyle Brooks, in-
troduced the coaching staff of
the school, and presented the
RHS football squad for 1967-
68 by classes. He reviewed
the work of the past season
and commented on each boy's
particular talent. His words
to the seniors were of appre-
ciation and gratitude for
"stickability" and in some
cases, four years of "faithful
service."
Emcee Talbert presented
Brooks with a token of appre-
ciation from teams past and
present--a collection of lett-
ers, notes, and verses writt-
en by members of the coach-
ing staff and the athletes
themselves, Mrs. Brooks
was presented with a tote bag
constructed by the patients of
the maximum security ward at
RSH. The bag was made of
red leather with the school
emblem, the Eagle, stitched
in black thread.
The members of Rusk's coa-
ching staff--Doug Jordan,
First assistant football and
track; Dickey McGaughey,
baseball and football; Mike
Day, football and Jr. sports;
Floyd Dotson, head basket-
ball; Emmitt Battise, assist-
ant basketball; and Doyle
Brooks, girls basketball and
tract-recognized the various
athletes. Each commented on
the athletes particular abilit-
ies.
Coach Doyle Brooks introd-
uced the guest speaker, Dick
Sheffield, Athletic Director,
Jacksonville High School. He
has been at Jacksonville since
1958 where he began as an as-
sistant to "Bum" Phillips and
took over as head coach when
Phillips resigned. He led the
Indians to the State semifinals
in 1960, losing toBrownwood.
In '61, he guided Jacksonville
to a share of the District
7aaa crown. In 1962 his
team shared the district
crown with Nacogdoches and
went 'o the play-offs by vir-
tue of defeating the Dragons.
Again he advanced to the
siml-finals losing to power-
ful Dumas.
Junior Class To Present
"Kind Lady" March 22nd
*IND LADY" la the name of the play, bul P'ay feature Ru
the a hove act lor belies the till* «I Rue* High MrC«rr«ll and
School' Junior Class product Ion to ho presen.
ted on Friday, Maroh JMUtotfM o'clork.U*.
Carol Burton, Swaan
from loll,
won «alo,
•KTKWr PMCTO
The Junior Class of Rusk
High School will present
"Kind Lady", a three act play
Firday night, March 22nd at
8 p.m. in the school auditor-
ium.
Class sponsors, Mrs. Edith
Brewer and Mrs. Monte I Dun-
can are assisting members of
the class with ticket sales and
other preparations. Mrs.
Brewer, speech department
head, will assist in the prod-
uction of the annual perfor-
mance.
Cast members Include ¡Mrs.
Foster, Mike Birdwell; Mary
Harries, Susan McCarroll;
l ucy Weston, Barbara Guen-
boI; Rose, Hebra Chsprnan;
Phyllis Glenn ing, Gait Pish,
or; Pater Santard, Jimmy
Connally; Henry Abbott, Rudy
Penn; Ada, Beverly Walker;
Doctor, Chna Parsons; Mr.
tidwarvla, Dovld Norton; Mrs,
t-itwanl , Carol Burton. Aggie
Student director, Janey Sar-
tain, said the play will be a
one-night only production.
She added that members of
the cast and stage crew were
preparing for a memorable
evening. Tickets are now on
sale. The public is encourag-
ed to attend.
Charges Filed
Against Three
From the County File Doc-
ket, charges wore filed aga.
Inst Clarence Joseph, DWU
The dependent appeared bo.
fore the Court, pleaded |ulU
Ity, and was assessed a fine
of taiaOO and fourteen day*
In County jail, hut released
6 month probation, Al-
Judging Of Animals To Begin
At 1:30 P.M.Public Is Invited
ine speaker congratulated
each athlete for a year's work.
He stressed the importance of
a successtul year in the sense
of an athletes "all." He poin-
ted out the need for the com-
petitive athletic program in
the school system. In a world
of competitive values and go-
als, Sheffield noted the urge-
ncy of solid preparation. The
competitive program, he said,
gives the athlete aheadstart-
the key to success.
Physical fitness is, of
course, one of the many ben-
efits of the school athletic
porgrams, said Sheffield. He
urged the athlete, however,to
refrain from the use of alco-
hol and tobacco. He said suc-
cess could be attributed to the
healthy competitive spirit,
which the athlete develops
early, and above all, an em-
phatic faith in God.
E. H. Whitehead presented
the "Best All Around" athle-
tic trophy to Jimmy Richey.
The recipient was chosen by
secref ballot by the athletes
of Rusk High School. Jimmy
played end and quarterback
for the Eagle ream this year;
he received All District in two
sports and was also a mem-
ber of the Eagle basketball
and baseball teams.
The Quarterback Club pre-
sented Coach and Mrs. Brooks
with the banquet flower ar-
rangement.
Reverend Howard Williams
gave the benediction.
This year's annual Junior
Livestock Show marks the
20th consecutive time the ev-
ent has been held in Cherokee
County, sponsored by the Rusk
Kiwanis Club. Show time is
1;30 this Friday afternoon,
March 15th in the Animal Show
Building at the rodeo arena on
Crockett Street.
The show features four main
divisions--dairy, beef, swine
and sheep, according to the
chairman, Johnnie McKay.
Assistant to the committee
School Count
Shows Slight
Drop For '68
The total scholastic popula-
tion of Cherokee County
school students is 6,593, ac-
cording to Robert L. Banks,
county superintendent. A cen-
sus was taken during the mon-
th of January. 1968. This is a
decrease of 62 from the last
count.
The scholastic population by
school district for 1968-69 is
as follows;
Pine Grove, 18 Negro;Shady
Grove, 78 Negro; New Hope,
126 White. 21.Negro;Mt.Ha-
ven, 71 Negro; Churchill, 82,
Negro; Alto, 309 White, 300
Negro; Jacksonville, 2357
White, 862 Negro; Maydelle,
137 White, 11 Negro; Rusk,
984 White, 313 Negro; New
Summerfield, 135 White, 87
Negro; Wells, 219 White, 122
Negro.
County-line districts include
the fol ¡owing enrollment; Bui -
lard, 45 White, 83Negro;Car-
lisle, 48 White, 4 Negro;
Troup, 157 White, 24 Negro.
1 a st year's census was 6,-
655.
chairman is Adon Duncan.
Other members of the com-
mittee include; Metz Heald,
Billy Ho "ley, Dr. O. Y. Irwin,
Melvin Moore, Tom Perdue
and F. M, Stovall.
According to McKay, suit-
able ribbons will be awarded
all winners, and cash prizes
given according to the binds
available at show time.
The four main events have
several classifications in
each. Altogether 18 classlfl-'
cations are planned.
Hundreds of youths in 4-H
Clubs and FFA from all over
Cherokee County will enter
the show here Friday after-
noon.
Rules governing the annual
affair are included In the col-
orful souvenir program now
being distributed to the vari-
ous FFA and 4-H units of the
county.
Many persons will buy the
prized animals after judging
Friday. The beef is already
spoken for, advises Ralph
Travis, but several lambs and
hogs are still available, he
said.
One of the show highlights
will be the presentation of a
Brangus Heifer to some lucky
person. Donation tickets for
this project are beinghandled
by members of the sponsoring
organizations, aJso members
of the FFA Chapters and 4-H
Clubs.
The public is cordially invi-
ted to attend the show, says
Chairman McKay. "It affords
the viewer an opportunity of
seeing some of our County's
finest animals, and it also
gives support to the young
people who need and deserve
our encouragement," he said.
The preparation for the an-
nual event is an experience In
work and management for the
youthful contestants, he said.
It affords them good op-
portunity of learning first
hand the requirements of a
good stock improvement pro-
gram.
Commissioners
Authorize Reklaw Election;
Purchase Truck For Rt. 2
W. T. Parrot,Damon Ramey,
a id others, acting as repre-
sentatives, presented the
Commissioners Court with a
petition for election to incor-
porate Reklaw. The Court
granted the petition. The el-
ection date his been set for
Saturday, March 23rd in the
Community of Reklaw. The
Court appointed Coy S. Book-
er as presiding officer in the
election, and as necessary,
two assistant judges arid
clerks. Absentee votes may
be cast at County Clerk's Of-
fice through Tuesday, March
19th.
A spokesman for the Reklaw
group when questioned for de-
tails of the election refused to
comment.
The Commissioners Court
••See COUNTY COURT Pg. 2
BANQUKT WON! IGHT.Tho All Sports ban.
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