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'Round
TOWN
With
Mrs. Roundabout
THE PASSING SCENE-Is
there anything so nostalgic as
a family reunion'' Yesterday's
children all grown up, now
parents, grandparents and
great grandparents The old
home place that served as a
ground point, a beginning, for
the lives of many continues to
weather with time, like its
inhabitants.
Such a gathering was a
weekend highlight for Yours
Truly, and doubtlessly, many
of you shared in similar
reunions ol tribes and clans the
past three months
And, like us, did it not
produce a concern in your
mind that present day children
are not going to have the kinds
of ties we country folk have
had'' Social patterns have
changed so drastically in the
last two to three decades
Children born in towns lor
cities i with mobile parents will
return some day to find a
super structure now marks
their former home which may
have been a house, an
apartment, or a mobile home
The number grows smaller
for those who can return to an
old house and say. "I was born
in this room Today's babies
are born in hospitals, ol course
Yet these children born at
home have survived the tests
ol time, along with their
descendants
American people have pro
ven themselves to tic very
adaptable And will, no doubt,
continue to do so Hut
somehow one can't help but
regret that some ol our
memories will never be
experienced by the younger
generations Hard times they
were but noljody gave thought
to complaining And today we
can admit that those difficult
moments provided a lot ol
incentive "to try harder."
In their own way, today's
youth is gathering memo
i ics tint they are ol a different
sort <iuess that's what history
is all about Reunions keep the
lainily thread tied together
and helps us to remember our
relationship to nature and the
Hood Earth
n
i our 11 m iks i t Ki t y Him
•«elf w.is In \iistin liist week
.llllt \ ¡sitvil W 11 ll III III I.I Is III till'
levas Highway Department.
Ilr was tnlil that llir (iiiislriK
lion nl Hie limp in r\tension ol
I'M II! In intersect wit li
Highwavs Ml .iikI (ill. looks
promising, i ll.it's goixl news to
those ol lis who are so ;inxions
to ser oai town open up ;iml
grow! Cily and County officials
were loniciiicil tli.it this
project might eliminate future
KM roads for seven to ten
years for our county. The road
is badly needed, hill we don't
waul to hint the I'M program.
VV//.\ Wl'Z/.Y lie is a
bear toy. but l'u/./y wu//y also
describes the TV images on a
couple ol channels lately
Roundabout says. please
point out the tact that we're
experiencing co channel, a
problem caused by almos
plicric i or weather' conditions
and there's hltle we can do
about it He has been busy
trying to improve the system
and has made a lot ol progress
Now that he has that new
bucket-truck, he thinks he will
teach his Helpmate how to
handle those cable calls But
Ins thinking is not in line with
our thinking There is such a
thing as carrying this Women's
Lib too far' Women, we may
have opened the lid on a bad
can!
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HAPPY? Yes. Kay Maness
was happy that he was the first
person to come in and pay his
cable bill at the new rate. Now
that is the kind of unprece-
dented reaction that really
makes your day! Rarely does
anyone pay a bill gladly. but
friend Maness did the unusual
and passed on some good
huntor to brighten the office!
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FOOD COSTS-This is a
subject of much discussion
today, so how is this for a
closing pun: "Happy us a
vegetarian during President
Nixon's Phase IV!"
11c PIR ISSUE
VOL. I L'li
The Cherokeean
Texas' Oldest Weekly Newspaper, Established As the Pioneer July 5, 1847
SERVING RUSK
WITH DISTINCTION
FOR 126 TEARS
HI SK. TEXAS. THl'RSDAY, AIGIST 30. 1973
12 PAGES
NUMBER 13
Life May Not Begin 'Til Age 40
But Adulthood Now Starts at 18
In the Middle Ages back in
the Days ol Chivalry -a boy
was considered to have reach-
ed manhood at the magic age
ol 21
Somehow , that concept sur-
vived the centuries. Survived
in the State ol Texas until Aug
27. 197M
On that date last Monday -
lull majority rights, were
granted in Texas to all persons
over the age of 18 years
The State ol Texas now
grants to persons ol that age all
the rights and responsibilities
formerly reserved lor 21 year
olds
The Cherokeean talked this
week to some ol our county
officials to see how this yew
law would affect Cherokee
('ounly
Mrs Linda Beard, county
lax assessor collector, notes
that these people, although
previously allowed to vote,
may now serve on juries
She reports that the names of
wit registered voters between
the ages ol 18 and 21 were
included among the 14,387
names that filled the county's
jury wheel for the coming
year
Sheriff's Dispatcher Bill
Griffith points out that 18 year
olds are now allowed to
purchase, possess and con-
sume liquor and he predicts
that arrests for minor possess-
ion of alcohol should "drop
considerably."
Griffith estimates that as
many as 80 percent of the
persons previously arrested
for minor possession were
between the ages of 17 and 21
and he says he doesn't think
that drinking will increase
among the younger group as a
direct result of the law change.
The dispatcher and District
Attorney LeRue Dixon both
mention another possibility,
however The new law may
bring an increase in arrests for
driving while intoxicated.
(iriffith thinks thai 18, 19 and
20 year olds may drink more
now than they did before
because it is legal for them and
more of them may end up
driving and drunk
Dixon notes some other
consequences of the new law.
Commissioners To Hold Hearing
Thursday for 1974 County Budget
Cherokee County Commis-
sioners Court will meet at 10
a tn Thursday morning in
County Courtroom for a public
hearing on the IV 74 county
budget
County Judge Orvan B
Jones notes that the proposed
budget was submitted 111 July
.iiid says. It would be real
unusual it it suited everybody
in ev cry respect
Supporters of a move for
airport improvement are ex-
pected to turn out in large
numbers to ask the commis-
sioners to include airport funds
in the budget.
The Cherokeean has also
learned that Melvin Moore of
the County's Veterans Service
Office will be present to ask the
court for a raise in the service
officer's salarv That salarv is
RHS Dress Code Decision
Is To Be Left to Students
Students at Rusk High School
h.ive been told that it is up to
them at this point whether or
not the Rusk school board
considers establishing a dress
code lor the district
Marijuana
"Harvested"
By Officials
Officers of the Texas De-
partment ol Public Salety
uprooted and confiscated Sun-
day a number of marijuana
plants found growing in a
cultivated patch 111 a heavily
wooded area off Highway 8-1
several miles west of Rusk
The patch w as discov ered by
a deer hunter who brought in
some ol the marijuana to find
out what it was. DPS officers
had staked out the area for
some time but never caught
anyone tending the patch
According to officers, there
was not enough marijuana
involved t3-5 pounds to
warrant a continued stakeout
so the marijuana was confis-
cated
The marijuana plants were
said to be some three feet high
They will grow as high as six
feet if fertilized, a DPS officer
reports.
Taking part in the seizure of
the marijuana were DPS
officers Jimmy Rinehart and
Joe French and Gerry Broad-
head of the Parks and Wildlife
Department Also present
were State Hep Emmett H,
Whitehead and Cecil Ham.
Pete Grimes, acting princi-
pal at the high school, spoke to
students on the matter over the
school's public address system
on Monday, the first day of
classes
Grimes says he told the
students that how they dress
will determine whether or not a
dress code is needed
There were lew instances of
inappropriate dress at the
school either Monday or
Tuesday . Grimes reports
On Monday, he says, he did
stop one boy wearing a
sleeveless "muscle shirt" and
asked if the student thought
such dress was appropriate
The boy said he did not
t)n Tuesday. Grimes says,
there were a lew boys with "a
little long hair" but he said he
would not press the matter
Although he did not mention
m his address to the students
the types ol dress which are
under question. Grimes says
he feels it is understood that
halters and hiphuggers or
other such attire which bares a
girl's midriff are included.
There were "no bare mid-
riffs" on Tuesday , he reports
The high school administra-
tion feels the same as the board
that a dress code should be
implemented only as a last
resort. Grimes says
The acting principal seems
pleased with the response of
the students in their choice of
school dress
He points out that for a dress
code to be effective and not
cause problems, "you have to
have everybody behind you."
This includes the school board,
the parents and the communi
'y
The school board will hold its
next regular meeting at 7pm
on Sept 17. Further discussion
of the dress code is likely at
that time
$122,000 Grant to Rusk State Hospital
Will Expand Vocational-Rehab Program
Although a person could be
tried as an adult under the old
law at age 17, juries were often
reluctant to give stiff sentences
to persons under 21 because
they were not yet considered
adults.
Now that they have majority
rights, Dixon says, 18-21 year
olds also have "criminal
liability' for their actions
The district attorney also
points out that persons can
become notary publics at age
18 now and can fill any state
job or position that had a
statutory age minimum of 2! in
the past.
This does not include any
position such as state repre-
sentative where the age of 21 is
set by the state constitution
Mrs. Mildred Fulton, county
clerk, says that boys may now
get married at 18 without
parental consent. The previous
law set 19 as the age for boys
and 18 for girls
Kighteen year olds can also
buy property and contract
business she says. "As of now ,
they are considered adults."
Rusk State Hospital has been
approved for a $122,000grant to
expand its vocational rehab-
ilitation program, according to
Dr. Lex T Neill, superinten-
dent
This makes RSH the first
state mental hospital in Texas
to receive such a grant. Neill
says.
The superintendent received
a letter this week from Jess
Irwin, commissioner of the
Texas Vocational Reh. lilita-
tion Commission announcing
approval of the grant.
The grant includes $97 600 in
federal funds and $24.4(H) ..hich
City Park Funds Available;
$100,000 Pends Commission
Rusk's City Park received
notification Tuesday from
Texas Parks and Wildlife that
the first development money is
now available, according to
Gene Kellev, chairman of the
City Parks and Recreation
Board.
$¡52.600 is scheduled to be
spent in the first phase of the
park development. Kelley
explained
The city has received final
approval of $13,750. Bureau of
Outdoor Recreation has ap-
proved. subject to Parks and
New Southern Complex Sale
To Rusk Group Announced
now below that of some other
county officials
A representative of the
Cherokee County Humane
Society has already appeared
before the commissioners to
request inclusion in the budget
Jones says he has received
word that several groups
would appear at the hearing to
request changes in the budget
but he declined to name any.
At 7:30 p.m Thursday, the
commissioners will meet again
to hear a presentation on the
advantages and disadvantages
of countv-wide tax re-
evaluation
The presentation will be
made by Barney Baker of the
Professional Appraisal Com-
pany of Fort Worth
Jones says city and school
officials and tax personnel
from throughout the county-
have been particularly invited
to attend this meeting He said
the presentation should be
"informative and education-
al
If carried out. Jones notes
this would be the first
concerted county -wide effort at
tax re-evaluation
Referring to tax suits
pending against both the
county and the Alto Indepen-
dent School District. Jones
says that tax valuation dis-
crepancies art inescapable
due to "error or oversight" but
adds that "there is no excuse
for not doing it the best you
can
At 2 p.m. Friday, the
Commissioners Court will
meet again with city officials
lor another discussion of the
problem ol solid waste disposal
in the county
They will hear the initial
report on the problem by a
consulting engineering firm
hired by the East Texas
Council of Governments
Rusk Firms
To Observe
Labor Day
Most Rusk business will be
closed Monday to observe the
Labor Day holiday.
Labor Day is one of several
holidays observed each year
by local merchants.
The Cherokee County court-
house and annex will also be
closed
The sale of the New Southern
Motor Hotel, restaurant and
Birmingham Golf Club to three
local businessmen was an-
nounced here last week
Purchasers of the facility are
J. W. Isaacs, Morris W. Hassell
and Leeman Isaacs of Rusk.
J. W. Isaacs, one of the new
owners, reports that control-
ling interest in the motel-
restaurant complex was pur-
chased last week from Edgar
Regan. "We have since
obtained additional stock from
local sources," he savs.
The new owners are offering
to buy all shares in the
corporation from individual
members at $57.50 per share
"Selling of your share does not
terminate membership in eith-
er the Birmingham Golf Club
or the Southern Club." reports
Isaacs. "Present members
may continue to pay their dues
each month and participate in
ihe activities."
No immediate changes are
planned by the owners "At the
present time everything will
remain status quo," reports
the group spokesman
Maydelle School's Future
Hinges on Saturday Vote
Wildlife's final acceptance of
the architect's plans and
specifications, $125,100 in the
Development Project
An additional $1(H),000 am-
endment is now pending before
Parks and Wildlife. If the
P&W1. Commission approves
this application, then it will go
to the Bureau of Outdoor
Recreation for federal funding
"We hope to have approxi-
mately $262,600 for develop-
ment of our park in the
immediate future.' com
merited Kelley
"The city has been given 300
acres of timber land and 37
acres that can be sold.
Proceeds from the sale of
timber and land will revert to
the City of Rusk which will
offset the expenditure ap
proved by the City Council for
!hr devclopim-. of the Park,
he explained
"The train turn around ha
been definitely established and
this decision with the avail-
ability of BOR funds puts us in
a position of moving forwa <1
with specific park develop-
ment," said Kellev
A meeting of the nine-mem-
her park board with the
architect will be called in tin-
near future to discuss the
actual plans for State One in
the park's development
must come out of the hospital's
own budget
Neill reports that $80,000 of
the money will go toward
expansion of an existing
building to house a sheltered
workshop for the vocational
rehabilitation program
Another $35,450 would go
toward stalling and $6.550
would be spent on equipment.
Neill says he welcomes this
opportunity to expand the
current program and says
matching funds from his
budget should not be hard to
find.
Highway 84
Construction
Report Given
Construction of a four lane
highw ay orí W S 84 East from
the intersection of I' S 69 and
I' S. (¡4 to Daniels Street is 27
percent complete, according to
a report from Forest Mathews,
resident engineer with the
Texas Highway Department.
Mathews s^ys, "$92.133.80
has been s-.nt thus far in the
projec1 Reynolds Land is trie
top contractor for the
$337,435 13 project
At the present time con-
struction workers are process-
ing gravel on the right hand
one-half of the new roadway.
"If all goes well workers
should begin setting forms and
pouring curb and gutter on the
right hand half of the road,"
Mathews reports He estimates
that the right hand half of the
road should be paved in three
to four weeks
Voters in Maydelle will go to
the poll Saturday to decide the
fate of a $50,000 school bond
election which may be the last
chance for accreditation of the
Maydelle Independent School
District.
Second week of fall classes
ends Friday at Maydelle,
Riding Club
//
Fun Day"
Set Saturday
The Cherokee County Hiding
Club will sponsor a "Fun Day "
beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday at
the arena on the Atoy
Highway
Categories of competition
include cloverleal barrels,
straight away barrels, rescue
race, egg race, flag race, flag
relay , keyhole pole bending,
ribbon roping, jackpot roping
and thread the needle Each
event will include three age
groups: 12 years and under.
13-17 and 18 and over
See "Ft\ DAY". Page 9
which remains unaccredited
by the Texas Education
Agency pending final appeal to
the State Board of Education
meeting in Austin. Sept. 8
Maydelle School Supt Gran-
vil Hobson says he hopes that
passage of the bond election
might persuade the state board
to grant the district one-year's
probation to bring its facilities
back up to standard
In the Maydelle city elec
tions, to be held Oct 6, II
candidates had filed by press-
time Wednesday morning,
according fo County Judge
Orvan B Jones.
R L Ezell has filed tor the
office of Mayor. Candidates
filing for aldermen are George
T Dover. A G Scogins, B. I.
French. II G Meador. T A
Meador. Johnny R McGregor,
Roy Bogle. Noriel G Trawick
and Cecil Williams S A
Rogers has filed for the office
of city marshal
There are five positions open
for aldermen as well as the
mayor and city marshal's
posts Deadline for candidate
filing is the same as for
registering to vote in the
election. Sept 6.
"Well Pleased," Coach
Says of Eagle Scrimmage
I
"We were well pleased with
the Eagles in defense and
offense," reports Head Coach
Doyle Brooks following a
scrimmage Friday night in
Musick Stadium
City Police
Report Arrests
Rusk city police report nine
arrests during the past week.
Seven persons were picked up
for disor .erly conduct and
three persons were arrested
for being drunk
Two persons charged with
being drun' appeared before
City Judge Bill Holland and
were fined $52.50 each One
person charged w ith disorderly
conduct was fined $37.50 by
Judge Holland and another
with tl same charge was
fined S7.50
The coach pointed out that
the boys were able to "hold up
pretty good" in the scrimmage
with ('ushirig "We didn't have
any surprises, it went pretty
much as we'd expected."
The Eagles stayed in their
regular defense and prevented
the Gushing Bearcats from
making a f irst down in the first
19 plays in the scrimmage,
according to Coach Brooks.
"We found n^t what we needed
to know and should be able to
correct any faults." he said
Offensively the Eagles were
able to move the ball well in
five different plays. "When we
put on our counter plays, we
should be able to move the ball
even better, especially with
our passing attack, reports
the coach
Coach Brooks predicts a
good football team for 1973.
The Eagles will travel to
Troup Friday night for a
scrimmage with the Tigers.
Game time will be 7:30.
Rl'WING ATTACK-Senior Quarterback Nickey Don
Cleveland (no 12) is off and running on a quarterback keeper as
a couple of Cushing Bearcats close in during a scrimmage here
Friday night In the far right. Senior Halfback Jerry Pipes
makes a good blocking attempt on one of the opposing factofs.
The Eagles will travel to Troup for a scrimmage this Friday
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