The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 6, 1973 Page: 1 of 14
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VOL. 128
The Cherokeean
Texas' Oldest Weekly Newspaper, Established As the Pioneer July 5, 1847
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FOR 126 YEARS
RISK, TEXAS. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 6. 1973
14 PAGES
NUMBER 14
Roundabout just ha to be
one of the biggest "wheels"
running today...'cause that's
what he spends his time
doing...running in circles.
Legislative affairs, cable
Saintenance and a few other
vie and personal projects
have kept him moving.
Some of his coffee drinking
buddies are concerned that he
may let his assignment in
Austin go to his head. So, to
help them keep him "humble,"
we cooperate by seeing to it
that his nose stays on the
grindstone. If he slacks up, he
gets KP duty at home!
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Water is pouring down at
press time. From ( p.m.
Tuesday until 10 a.m. Wed-
nesday, more than five inches
had been registered on one
family's rain guage. The
hurricane is bad news for those
on the coast, but the moisture
is good news for East Texas
grass growers who like to face
the winter with a good pasture.
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Speaking of water, Water-
gate continues as the butt of
many jokes. One candidate, a
Republican, tried to laugh
away his recent defeat in
Austin by noting that Water-
gate should be called "Water
Closet" because he got "flush-
ed" in the election. Stands to
reason that Watergate will
have a decided effect on all
Republicans seeking office for
the next several years
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Sometimes bad news is good
news. The Nostradamus of the
gridiron have picked Rusk for
fourth place in District 14-AA.
This was the consensus of
Tyler's pigskin predicters and
East Texas Football magazine
for 197:1. Well...some of you wll|
remember that this happened
once before. And Rusk won the
district championship that
vear! What looks like bad news
could be good news wrapped in
newsprint! We predict the
Rusk F.agle coaching staff will
unwrap a super fantastic team
this year and put these early
soothsayers to shame!
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By the way, Friday night's
game, the opener for the Rusk
Eagles with the Van Vandals
here, will be carried on E-Z
Vision Cable. Channel 8. Air
time starts at 7 p.m. Game
time is 8 p.m in Musick
Stadium See you there!
Historic
Moment
is Noted
The first grand jury to serve
the 2nd Judicial District since
its separation from the 145th
was empanelled Tuesday in the
District Courtroom.
Dist. Judge J W Summers
administered the oath and
gave instructions to the 10 men
and two women who will serve
on the grand jury.
The judge noted that this will
also be the first grand jury to
work with a district attorney
serving only Cherokee County
He is LeRue Dixon of
Jacksonville
"In times of peace. I know of
no higher responsibility'' than
serving on a grand jury. Judge
Summers told the jurors
"You are helping to keep
Cherokee County a clean and
law abiding county." he said.
The grand jury is given the
responsibility of hearing evi-
dence of alleged crimes and
deciding whether it is suffic-
ient to bring an indictment.
Dixon said he has at least 26
new cases to present to the
grand jurors.
J. E. Brown of Jacksonville
was appointed foreman of the
jury.
Other members include Em-
mett C. Holcomb, Mrs. J.P.
Richards and Frank Gonzales,
all of Rusk.
Also, Ernest Odom, George
L. Barber Jr., Mrs. Dewey
Tipton, Willis G. Brown and
Ross Causey, all of Jack-
sonville; E.F. Hicks of Wells,
J.M. Byers of Forest and W.T.
Rogers of Alto.
George Monroe was appoint-
ed bailiff.
WORKING FOR THE FAIR- Patients at
Rusk State Hospital are busy working on
handmade crafts to be exhibited at the East
Texas Regional Arts and Crafts Fair here
Nov. 2-4. This patient is working on a
multi-color shag rug, one of many articles to
be offered for sale at the fair -staff photo
RSH Patients Work on Home Arts
For Exhibit at Arts, Crafts Fair
With an emphasis on the
home arts, Rusk State Hospital
will exhibit handmade crafts at
the East Texas Regional Arts
and Crafts Fair slated here
Nov. 2-4
More than 300 patients at
Rusk State Hospital are
working in two areas to
prepare items for sale at the
fair.
Mrs Frances Butler, head of
the home arts department, and
two staff members work with
more than 250 patients each
day in that department. Items
such as quilts, stuffed toys, cup
towels, pillow slips, pot hold-
ers, hooked rugs and pillows
are being made now for the
November fair.
Mrs. Ila Harper and Mrs.
Rosa Berry work with 12
patients each day in the
ceramics department located
Court Denies Petition;
Alto School Vote Stands
District Judge J.W Sum
mers announced Tuesday that
he has denied a petition to
overturn the school bond
election held by the Alto
Independent School District on
April 7. 1973.
RSH Seminar
Will Relate
To Health Laws
The Texas Department of
Mental Health and Mental
Retardation's authority on
mental health law will be the
guest lecturer Thursday at a
seminar on the subject being
held by the In-Service De-
partment of Rusk State
Hospital.
James Adkins, chief of the
legal and claims division of
MH-MR, will lead both lecture
and discussion on the semi-
nar's topic, "Mental Health
Laws of Texas."
Discussions will be held from
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the RSH
Chapel Auditorium.
Special invitations to attend
the one-day seminar have been
extended to county and district
judges. All discussions are
open to the public.
+8ee RSH SEMINAR. Page U
Hearing of the case took
place over three days last week
in 2nd District Court. Judge
Summers heard final argu-
ments from attorneys for both
sides last Thursday.
Plaintiffs in the case charged
in their petition that the
election violated the Texas
Election Code 89 times.
Filing the petition were T.D.
Little, Glen Dominy, Mr. and
Mrs. H.L. Rose and Mr and
Mrs. A.L Dear, all residents
and property owners in the
Alto ISD.
Defendants were the school
district, board President
Grady Singletary, other board
members and officers, Supt.
John McClendon, County Atty.
Mike Sullivan and County
Judge Orvan B Jones.
Judge Summers says he
advised attorneys for both
sides that he "carefully
considered the evidence pro-
duced" before denying the
petition.
A $950,000 school bond was
passed in the election. Two
previous attempts to pass the
bond had failed.
Representing plaintiffs in the
case were Mike Dear and Jim
Parsons, both members of a
Palestine law firm.
Defendants attorneys were
Charles Holcomb of Alto,
Emerson Stone Jr. of Jack-
sonville and Peter M. Tart of
Dallas.
Decision Set Monday
County Slates Final Vote on Budget;
Includes Pay Raises, Improved Airport
in the Day Treatment Center.
This departments has more
than 500 ceramic molds. The
entire process is completed in
their class periods Three to
four patients participate in
each of the six one-hour class
periods each day. Pictures,
vases, ash trays and figurines
are among the items to be
displayed at the fair.
In addition to the Rusk
hospital's booth, more than 100
exhibitors are expected at the
fair which is held annually in
conjunction with an Indian
Summer Festival.
Exhibitors have registered
from as far away as Corpus
Christi, Dallas, Houston, San
Antonio, Austin and Shreve-
port. Their work will include
quilting, weaving, butter
churning, knifesmith work,
china painting, six-sided wood-
en puzzles, needlework, leath-
er work, stoneware pottery,
musical instruments, hand-
crafted metal jewelry, hand-
painted fabrics, oil and water-
color paintings, ceramics,
candles, dried flower pictures,
metal sculpture, silverspoon
rings, lithographs, print trans-
fers, caricatures, macrame,
copper enamel and finger print
pictures.
Adding to the display of early
East Texas culture will be
many related special activi-
ties.
Rusk State Hospital's Maxi-
mum Security Unit Band will
also participate in the special
activities on Friday.
Adding to the display of early
East Texas culture will be folk
music by area musicians,
square dancing, women's bar-
bership quartet and a supper
theatre depicting Rusk's his-
torical heritage.
Fair visitors will also be
given an opportunity to witness
a typical East Texas "play
day" horse show Sunday
afternoon in the Cherokee
Riding Club's new arena on
Farm-to-Market Road 343.
The fair will be open to the
public for three days, Nov. 2-4
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the
National Guard Armory. A
nominal admission fee of 50
cents for adults and 25 cents for
children will be charged.
Cherokee County Commis-
sioners will meet Monday to
take a final vote on a proposed
1974 county budget which
includes 7.5 per cent raises for
county employees and a $25,000
appropriation for airport im-
provement.
The proposed budget, which
would take effect Jan. 1 if
passed, totals $1,671,714. Of
this amount, $415,000 is in
federal revenue sharing funds.
The budget had previously
included 5 per cent raises for
both county employees and
elected officials. Commission-
ers increased the employee
raises and removed elected
officials raises last Thursday
after hearing from several
county department heads.
Maydelle
Presses
For School
With the support of the
citizens of Maydelle behind
thern, representatives of the
Maydelle school board will go
to Austin Saturday and at-
tempt to persuade the State
Board of Education to give
them back their accreditation.
A $50,000 school bond elec-
tion passed last Saturday with
119 property owners for and 55
against, according to Maydelle
Supt. Granvil Hobson.
Seven non-property owners
voted for the bond and none
voted against it, Hobson
reports.
The superintendent says the
Maydelle school board will
meet Thursday night to
determine who will go to
Austin and appear before the
state board
"We think it might be in our
favor to tell them (state board)
that we did pass the bond by a
pretty good margin," Hobson
says.
The State Board of Educa-
tion is the last authority to
which Maydelle may appeal its
loss of accreditation.
The State Board of Accredi-
tation and State Education
Comm. Dr. J. W. Edgar have
already refused to return
accreditation to the school.
Asked what would happen if
the state board also refuses to
grant accreditation, Hobson
replies, "That's going to be up
to the (school) board and the
people what we do
Only one thing, if we remain
here we go unaccredited," he
says.
"There is the possibility of
getting our accreditation back
by the end of the school year if
we can last that long," Hobson
adds.
There remains, however,
"the matter of $40,000" which
the state will withhold from the
district if it is not accredited,
he says.
Hobson says he is not sure
whether the district can afford
to go on without this state
money.
Purpose of the bond election
was to replace plumbing and
bathroom fixtures, replace
part of the roof over the
gymnasium, put in aluminum
window moldings and install
gutters.
The district lost its accredi-
tation after an accreditation
team from Austin visited the
school in May and reported
that several improvements
needed to be made in the school
buildings.
NOTICE
The Board of Directors of the
Rusk Chamber of Commerce
will hold their monthly meet-
ing at noon Monday in the
Pineview Restaurant.
Mrs. Linda Beard, county
tax assessor-collector, told the
court "the need for an increase
in (employee) salaries is tre-
mendous."
Mrs. Beard said she has the
"lowest paid full-time em-
ployee in the courthouse"
working in her office. She said
her office seems to be training
people for other jobs because
the turnover is so great.
"1 can't blame any one of
them for looking for a better
job." she said.
Mrs Beard asked the court
for another employee in her
office and was told she could
seek a full-time outside ap-
praiser to work on a temporary
basis
Melvin Moore of the Vet-
erans County Service Office
told commissioners that
Eagles Open Season
Here Friday Night
The Rusk Eagles will open
the 1973-74 football season in a
home game Friday night at
Musick Stadium as they host
the Van Vandals. Coach Doyle
Brooks has expressed hope of a
"good ball game and a dry
field" during threats of rain
here Tuesday afternoon.
Coach Brooks described the
Vandals as "a very large
team." The Eagles will be
running from the wishbone
formation and will make
"most offensive plays on the
ground with some aerial
attack," according to the head
coach.
Study
Solid Waste
Heard
By County
Cherokee County Commis-
sioners heard a preliminary
report last Friday on a study of
the solid waste problem in
Cheroke and 13 other counties
being prepared by the East
Texas Council of Governments
(ETCOG.).
Making the presentation
were Pat Burke of Kilgore,
director of physical planning
for ETCOG, and Joe Gallegos,
an engineer with B.L Nelson
and Associates, Inc. of Dallas.
Gallegos announced thdt a
final report listing the individ-
ual needs of each incorporated
city in the county and offering
recommendations and solu-
tions will be available next
month.
The engineer said ETCOG's
3'i-month study has deter-
mined that no incorporated
city in the county except Jack
sonville is currently complying
with regulations governing
collecting and disposal of solid
wastes
Cherokee County generates
30,000 tons of solid waste a
year, Gallegos said, and less
than half of that is properly
disposed of in dump sites.
The City of Rusk shows "no
consistent effort to cover
refuse daily," Gallegos report-
ed. Solid wastes from Rusk are
+ See SOLID WASTE, Page 5
City Council
To Talk Staff
The Husk City Council is
expected to approve the
employment of a permanent
city secretary at their regular
meeting at 7 p.m Tuesday in
the Rusk City Hall
Mayor Morris W. Hassell
will —mend the employ-
ment of Fred Lunsford as city
secretary. Lunsford, retired
Rusk postmaster, would begin
work Nov. 1 if his appointment
is approved by the council.
The approval of C. L.
Manning, local accountant, as
acting city secretary will also
come before the council.
Mayor Hassell also noted
that bids on the city bank
depository will also be opened
at the meeting
Starting lineup for the
Eagles Friday night will be Bill
Knight, left end , Gary Halbert,
left tackle; Rickey Richards,
left guard; Rickey Hassell,
center; Mark Richards, right
guard. Mark Middleton, right
tackle; David Mason, right
end; Nickev Don Cleveland,
quarterback; Ronnie Mc-
Gowan, fullback; Bobby Lock-
hart, left tailback; Jerry
Pipes, right tailback and
Donell Cox, specialist.
Position backups expected to
see action are Kent Peters, left
end; Tony Garner, left tackle;
Jim Massingill, left guard;
Renaldo Atkins, center; Danny
Woodruff, right guard; Larry
Lewis, right tackle; Gerald
At ta way, right end; Robin
Townsend, quarterback, Jerry
Ocker. fullback; Steve Slover,
left tailback Carey George,
right tailback and Elgie Wood,
specialist
Coach Brooks has also
moved Kelly Philbrick to the
varsity squad, however he is
not expected to see any action
Friday night due to an injury
The athletic director re-
ports he was pleased with the
defensive effort of the team
during a scrimmage last
Friday night at Troup. "The
Eagles showed signs of pro-
gress against a superior ball
club," says Coach Brooks "We
need to iron out a few more
mistakes before the season
opener "
Bold, Bald
Budget Hint?
County Judge Orvan B
Jones said he'd seen every-
thing last Thursday morning.
Commissioners Court was
holding its 1974 budget hearing
and they were expecting
several county department
heads to come before the court
and request more money.
While the hearing was in
progress. Sheriff John Bill
Slover walked in with one of his
deputies, pulled off his hat and
sat down.
Underneath the hat was
Slover's newly-shaved head.
Jones noticed the sheriff's
baldness, commented on his
own sparcity of hair, and
quipped
"I've had a lot of things
pulled on me but that's the best
thing I've seen yet to try to
influence the budget."
county employees "are grossly
underpaid, have been and
apparently always will he."
, State employees, Moore
said, "have it better all the
way through."
Responding to Moore,
County Judge Orvan B. Jones
stated:
"I'll grant you that anj4 dy
who works for Cherokee
County and even half does (his
or her) job...is grossly under-
paid."
The judge said this included
all county employees, from
janitors on up.
Moore asked the court for an
increase in his salary as vet-
erans officer and an increase
in his secretary's salary. The
commissioners met in closed
executive session to discuss the
request.
Sheriff John Bill Slover told
the court, "I need some more
help bad If things don't change
in the near future, I'm gonna
lose two or three deputies.
"If we were to lose one
today, a certified officer, I
don't know where I'd find one
to replace him," the sheriff
said.
Two of his deputies are clas-
sified as part-time and making
$'262.50 per month while they
work over 40 hours each
week, Slover reported.
"Id rather see the employees
get a pretty good raise and not
get one myself," the sheriff
said.
"That would be better for us
in the long run." Mrs. Beard
added.
Slover said he was willing to
get by with three cars instead
of four for his office if two of his
part-time positions for dep-
uties could be combined to one
full-time.
The commissioners decided
informally that four cars were
necessary for the department.
Mrs Mildred Fulton, county
clerk, reported that her
employees are also underpaid
and said, "I'm gonna lose them
if we don't get more money.
"Our problem was that
salaries were too low to start
with and they have been for
years and years," she said.
The motion for a 7.5 per cent
employee raise was made by
Comm . Terry Perkins ef Ponta
and seconded by Comm. Bertis
Watson of Rusk. The motion
passed unanimously.
Comm Pete James of Alto
made the motion to allocate
$25.000 for airport improve-
ment. It wfc seconded by
Comm. Joe Henderson of
Jacksonville and received
unanimous approval
Jacksonville attorney Sum-
mers Norman and Walter Volz,
Jacksonville Chamber of
Commerce manager, both
thanked the court for their
consideration.
Judge Jones responded by
complimenting those who have
worked for airport improve-
ment for their "comprehen-
sive, well-planned presenta-
tion "
He credited Volz with getting
the airport" center stripe
painted and gave special
thanks of the court to United
Gas for engineering work they
have done.
Today Is Deadline
For Maydelle Filing
i
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Today is the deadline for filing for positions with the
Maydelle city government. At press time Wednesday one S;
person had filed for mayor, ten persons had filed for the five %
alderman places and two persons were seeking the office of %
city marshal.
Judge Orvan B. Jones reports the following persons have
filedjor the positions; Mayor, RL Ezell; alderman, George «
j:* K. Dover, O. G. Scogins, B. L. French, H. G. Meador, T. A.
Meador, Johnny R. McGregor, Roy Bogle, Noriel G.
Trawick, Cecil Williams and Mildred Hardy and city
•j: marshal, S. A. Rogers and O. L. Scogins.
The election will be held in Maydelle on Oct. 6. Persona not
registered to vote also have until today to do so.
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