The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 121, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 10, 1969 Page: 1 of 10
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P 0. Box
DoIIqs, Texas
Inc.
7*23?
'Round
Town
With Roundabout
Roundabout Is walking some
what taller this week...being
elected Mayor of the finest
city In the state I1- a real
honor. Roundabout wants to
take this opportunity to ex-
press appreciation to the peo
pie for their vote and in flu
ence We pledge that we'll
do all within our power to
serve the people to the very
best of our ability.
Carroll Wayne Moseley, son
of I ee and Alice Moseley,
suffered two heart attack'
recently. He ha' been on the
critical list at a Tyler ho
pital, but is doing very well
now....hope- to have vi i to: ,
on a limited basis, this week,
Roundabout understand ...Me
is with the Tyler Police Ue
partment Carroll Wayne's
wife Is the former Joy I ox,
also of this city....Roundabout
joins their many friend' ir
wishing him a -peedy ret o
very....
Our good friend Rev. Clyde
Woodward of tin city i till
in critical condition .it Tyler
Medical Center... Word is that
he Is "holding hi own", but
may have to undergo more
surgery. He i the former
pastor of Fir: t Methodist Ch
urch of Rusk, Dro. Clyde i
a real friend, and we hope
he will be back withu oon...
Billy Watson is working hard
th«se days getting ready for
the Cpen House for the Adult
Basic Education scheduled la
ter this month... I ue A HI . pro
gram is doing wonderful work
with many of our people, Ro
undabout was surpri id when
he learned the cope o I the
activities of ARI-. Plan now
to attend the open house Ap-
ril 20th....
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Perk in-
are proud parent- of a baby
girl. ¡she was named 1 aura
Catherine....weighed 7 lbs.,
5 ozs. Grandparent- are Mr.
ant! Mrs, Howard Hoover of
Houston and Mrs. Morirme
Perkins of Rusk.
Spring is here, and horse
show season is jir t around
the corner. The Gladewater
Show opens the -ea on for
the F.ast Texas Horse show
and Rodeo Association, It'll
ba a long, lone sea - on... 19
cities In Fast l exa art mem-
bers. .. Rusk i one ol the
stronger members.
10C Per Issue The Cherokeean
Texas' Oldest Weekly Newspaper, Established As T he Pioneer July 5, 1847
SERVING RUSK WITH
DISTINCTION FOR
121 YEARS
VOL. 121
RUSK, TEXAS
THURSDAY, APRIL. 10, 1969
10 PAGES
NUMBER 44
Short Meetini
City, School Election Held Saturday
School
Board
Organizes
Mayor,Three Councilmen |S E|ected
Installed Tuesday Night city Mayor
The April meeting of the
Hoard of Education, Rusk In.
dependent School District was
held in the board room of the
Administrative BuildingMon
day evening, at ?:00 p.m.
Canvas sing ot last Satur
lay'' bailor1 w¿r< the first
item on the agenda. Dr. \V.
I . Gabbert in1 Mrs. Marie
Whitehead were certified as
duly elected for a three year
term. The board was reor
ganlzed for the 196V 70
ganized for the 1969 70
school year, and officer el
ected are; Pre-1 lent, Fdwin
Dickey; vice president. Torn
Sartaln; secretary, Marie
Whitehead,
During, the business session,
the board voted to call for
bids on new uniforms for
the high school band; set a
called meeting for Thurs
day afternoon at S p.m. to
consider Holcomb School
lease bid ; and renewed the
contract of superintendent
Jack Martin tor three years.
In noting the need for new
band uniform , Supt. Martin
said it had been the school's
I y to ¡pplerm-nt the sup-
ply each year with the ad
dition ot several new suits.
He suggested that new unl
forms might be paid out over
a three year period, and re
ported help has been offered
to finance the purchase, by
the Hand Booster organi/a
tion.
All members were nresenr
for the meeting: president
Fdwin Dickey, loin Sarrain,
Marie Whitehead, Gladstone
Thompson, Don Crvsup, Mor-
ris Ha sell and Dr. W, I .
Gabbert; also Supt, Martin,
and School Business Mana-
ger, Bill Rraswell.
Installation of the Mayor and
the Councilmen highlighted
actlvitie at Rusk City Coun
cil's regualr meeting lues
day night. Taking the oaths
of office were i . H. White
head, mayor and Frank
Howell, J. C. William and
C. I . Manning, councilmen.
Whitehead and I lowell are the
only new member on the
John Bolton
To Process
Frozen Meat
John D. Bolton, owner of the
Specialty Meat Co. in Jack-
sonville, has taken over the
operation of Trio Farms Sau
sage Plant, according rol eon
Edwards, manager of the Rusk
Chamber of Commerce.
Bolton ^lan' ro process iro
/en luncheon • teaks, and
hamhurger patties, to serve
a 150_mile.radiu'' trade area.
According to I'd wards, Bol
ton has employed five per
sons at. Jack; orivilie and will
increase the number to
eight in the operation here.
Present plans c ill for beg
inning the operation in two
week'.
The CL Industrial Com-
mittee this week congratu
ated 1 loy l Pipe- and his as
sociates for their effor in
securing thi new industry
for Ru - k.
council. William- and Man
ning were re elected in last
Saturday's election.
Mayor Pro Tern J. P. Acker
opened the meeting and called
for approval of minutes of the
previou meeting. Current
bills were also paid.
The Council canvased the
election, and declared White
tread, Howell, Williams and
Manning winners for positions
of Mayor and Councilmen.
City Attorney M. M. Guinn
administered oaths of office
to the Mayor and Council
men.
Other action handled by the
council included;
1.) Told W, 11. Graham and
J. P. Coates that city utili-
ties director J. D. Norton
would work with them to get
the paper work ready on their
request for pavement on
Thompson Street. Mayor
Whitehead explained that the
city had a policy of paying
one thlred the cost. Proper
ty owners need to deposit their
share of the cost before act
ual paving begins. Council
will probably take action at
their next meeting if all pro
perry ownf-s sign yp lie fore
the May meeting.
Voted to provide sewer
service to serve S customers
on Alivn Street at a cost of
approximately $1100. The
city hai- the policy of extending
service 200 feet. If less than
five take the sewer service,
then cost will be pro rated
among those taking the ser
vice.
3.) Voted to give Jim's In
teriors a loading zone.
4.) Voted to approve instal-
lation of four tnecury vaper
manager Leon Edwards made
the request in the name of the
Tourism Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Rusk voters elected E. H.
Whitehead mayor last Satur-
day In a 348-vote election.
Two contestants filed for the
office--Whitehead and Robert
von Doenhoff. M. M. Guinn
received a write-in vote for
the office.
Elected unopposed for three
Councllmen's positions were
J. C. Williams, C. L. Man-
ning and Frank Howell. How
ever, eleven other persons
received write In votes for
the Council.
Total vote in the mayor's
race was 222 for Whitehead;
125 for von Doenhoff; and one
for Guinn.
Balloting In the Council race,
was reported as follows;
Frank Howell, 321;C. L.Man."
ning, 307; J. c. Williams,
291; James Richards, 1; C.
C. Skillern 4; Gene Kelley 10;
James McElrov 8; Sam Fow-
ler, 2; Ward Seale, 1; M. H.
Norton, 1; Early Wallace, 1;
Morris W. Hassell, 1; Grady
George, 1; Jamie Weaver,1,
The mayor and two council-
men-. Williams and Manning
were elected to t>vo year
terms. Howell was elected
to the one year unexpired
tffrm of Marshall Dear who
resigned last year.
Mrs. Margaret Beckworth
served as election judge;
clerks were Mrs. Kate Sto
vail and Mrs. Jewel Coup-
land.
Two were seeking three year
terms as trustees for the Rusk
Independent School District,
D. W. E. Gabbert received 112
votes; Marie Whitehead 108,
A total of 123 ballots were
cast. Four write ins were
reported; two for V. M.
Holmes; one for Marie Sales
and one for Doug Jordan.
John Claiborn Williams ser
ved as the Rusk School's ele-
ction judge.
ABE Learning Center-Studio Slates Open House
New concepts and techniques
In educational TV will be pre
•anted during openhou e.Ap
rll 20lh, at the Vlult Basic
Educational Learning (.'enter
and TV Studio.
According to Billv Watson,
ABE director for a four
county area, the [Hiblic Is
lmrlted to tour the facilities
at 212 North Henderson St.
from 2.-00 until 6;00 p.m. in
t&e afternoon.
"We plan to display equip
mult and materials, demon
stratlng their use and ap-
plication in the classroom,"
said Watson.
Special guest at the open
house will be Ralph Mock,
state director of Adult Ba-ic
Education, from Austin; also
Garland Wilson, area consul
tant from Houston. Other of-
ficial consultants have lieen
invited to the afternoon ojien,
ing.
Serving as hosts for the
open house with Watson will
1* other ABE personnel «Mrs.
Johnnie Martin, Mr . Rosa-
lec Thomas, Gerald Chap
man and Bruce rovall.
This new concept in learn
ing, said Watson, is built
around programmed mater
ials. Facilities in the ABE
Learning Center and Studio,
include 12 individual student
study station-, with each sta
tion equipped for separate
and different study. Pro
grammec' tapes, slides, film
stipes, 8 mm. film loops and
ear pirones will be utilized
to permit 12 students to study
12 different topics simultan-
eously, he explained, and
these will be demonstrated
at open house.
Other studio equipment in
eludes and 18 student study
center, which permits taped
lessons by earphone witli
workbook .
"Our new structural arran
gements will allow full ut
i ligation of tape-- we produce,
tapes we can secure from
media centers, film loan li-
Klt
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i
r
it
brarles, and other schools,"
said Watson.
I quipment includes a cam-
era for actual filming ot lo-
cal situations. 'This will be
demonstrated also at the Ap
ril 20th open house. Ultima
tely, the camera will put the
classroom into the home, th-
ratgh video films. "It's a
new concept for students, for
teachers and for parents,"
said Watson. "We hope at
open house to further demon-
strate and explain this ex -
citing approach to educa-
tion,"
In recent negotiations, a
channel was cleared on E -
Z Vision Cable Co. for use
by the ABE program, in pre-
senting educational TV.
Nightly Instruction, now un-
derway will continue through
June, for the purpose of In-
troducing teachers and stu-
dents to the equipment, and
acquaint them with its pos-
sililltie .
the public i- cor irally in-
vited to attend the April 20
e\ent.
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Feasility Study Of Agricultural
Possibilities Authorized By CC
A proposed feasibility study
for local agricultural pro-
ducts was talked'Monday with
C!ene Van De Walle by Rusk
Chamber of Commerce offici
als.
Van De Walle is a marketing
specialist with the Texas De-
Tipton Inquest Completed
Wednesday By Judge Echols
Justice of the Peace Mar-
vin Echols today completed
the inquest and confirmed the
opinion of investigating of
ficlals, that the deaths of
Mrs. Betty Tipton and two
daughters was a murder-
sulclde situation.
The bodies of the three were
found at the Tipton home on
Monday, March 24th.
Exhaustive tests were com-
pleted prior to a final ruling.
however.
Sheriff John Bill Slover and
his department was aided by
Texas Ranger Ben Krueger
of Athens; also specialized
personnel with the Texas De -
partment of Public Safety
from Austin. Dr. Harbert Da-
venport, pathologist perform
ed autopsies. Chemicalanaly
ses, fingerprints, ballistic
and parafln tests were also
included in the investigation.
partment of A ^tu culture.
Meeting with him were CC
president Houston White;
chairman of the Agriculture
Committee Ike Daniel; also
Johnnie McKay, Shelby Hood,
Raymond Cooper, and Leon
Edwards, CC manager.
Plans call for a feasibi-
lity study of the local situa-
tion—a look at the history of
previous crops, what is now
being grown, and what the land
is capable of producing. In
conjunction with the local
study, the development of new
markets Is a primary
purpose.
Van De Walle told the Rusk
delegation, a study summary
would require from one.totwo
months. He plans to return
and present his feasibility
findings when all data has been
compiled.
This is a projection for next
year's crops and production,
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The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 121, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 10, 1969, newspaper, April 10, 1969; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth150804/m1/1/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.