The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 130, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 20, 1979 Page: 1 of 24
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Homecoming festivities for Rusk
High School will be held during
halftime of the Rusk Eagle-Troup
Tigers football contest Friday night at
Mustek Stadium.
The traditional homecoming bon
fire will be held at 8:15 p.m. tonight
(Thursday) at Rusk High School. The
event is sponsored by the Rusk High
School Key Club.
The Homecoming Pep Rally will
begin at 11 a.m. Friday in the high
school gym.
The presentation of the Football
Sweetheart will be made during the
pep rally. Cheerleader Beaus will also
be named during that time.
During the halftime activities Fri-
day night the Class of I960 will be
honored A special section for ex
students from that class year will he
reserved in the stands.
Homecoming Queen nominees and
class duchesses will be presented
Nominees for Homecoming Queen are
Billie Lynn Lovelady, daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Billy Lovelady, to be escort-
ed by Scott Butler; Barbara Fore-
man, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ollie
L. Foreman, to be escorated by Delian
Session and Terrie Dyess, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs Forrest Dyess, to be
escorted by Bill Finley
Junior Class duchesses are Lindy
Ocker, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe
Ray Ocker, escorted by Jeff McRae
and Connie Wickware, daughter of
To Test Tough Troup
Eagles Trip Trinity
The Husk Eagles will host the Troup
Tigers at 8pm Friday in a homecom-
ing encounter at Musick Stadium
Troup has a 2-0 record going into the
(¡ame and have not allowed their
opponents to score The Tigers have
only allowed 11 first downs and a total
of 63 yards rushing in two ballgames
They defeated Tyler's T K Gorman
(¡2-0 in their season opener and defeat-
ed Class B Union Hill 31-0.
The ringleader of the Troup defense
is Dcrric Davis, noseguard, a second
team All Fast Texas player back from
last year The Tigers have a 180 pound
running back, Johnny Dowdy, in the
backfield, along with Leroy Ellis, who
also plays safety on defense.
The Troup offensive line averages
190 pounds with a backfield averaging
165 pounds Troup runs the veer
offense and this particular.squad has
five years experience in the veer.
The Tigers utilize the 59 defense
with a defensive line averaging 200
pounds Their linebackers average 180
pounds with standout Dane Clark, a
senior linebacker
The Husk Eagles will enter the
contest with all record, fresh from a
long awaited victory and with lots of
memories of that 72-0 defeat by Troup
a year ago
"I'm very optimistic about meeting
Troup Friday The athletes remember
Head Coach Rick Largent. "The
Trinity victory may have been the
spark we needed."
needed '
"If we get a few breaks, we'll play
Troup an excellent game," Coach
Largent said
The Eagles collected their first win
in 12 ballgames from the Trinity
Tigers last Friday night in Trinity •
The Eagles got on the scoreboard
first via a safety when Scott Womack
and Doug Thompson trapped Trinity
Quarterback Danny Oates in the end
zone with 5:16 left in the first quarter.
With 5:53 left in the second quarter
the Eagles struck again The play was
set up after Billy Cannon intercepted
a Trinity pass to give the Eagles their
best field position of the night at the
Tiger 44 yard line On third and eight,
Rusk Quarterback Randy Sturrock
connected with flanker Greg Womack
for a 42 yard inside veer touchdown
pass. Sturrock's PAT was good.
On the first down after the kickoff,
Trinity's Marvin Jackson broke for an
85 yard touchdown run The PAT try
failed and the Eagles ended the half
with a 9-6 lead
The slim Eagle lead held throughout
the third quarter while Rusk dominat-
ed control of the game, holding Trinity
to a minus nine yards on offense. The
Eagles did threaten in the third
period of play after recovering a
fumble on a bad snap from the Trinity
center However, Ira Atkins came up
short on a fourth and goal from the
one yard line.
With 9:07 left in the game, Tommy
Williams put the cap on the win for the
Eagles. Williams blocked a Trinity
punt, the Eagles recovered and Rusk
had the ball on the Tiger ten yard line.
Williams scored on a three yard trap
play to put his team ahead 15-6.
Sturrock made it three for three for
the season when he kicked the PAT.
The Eagles held 16-6 to take home the
long-awaited win.
The Eagles recorded 115 yards
rushing to 112 yards for Trinity.
Sturrock connected on three of six
passing attempts for 50 yards, includ-
ing a touchdown pass Trinity was
one for 10 for 14 yards and suffered
three interceptions Eagles Billy Can-
non, Bret Nation and Jeff Carroll all
intercepted Trinity passes.
Rusk had eight first downs to six for
Trinity. The Eagles were penalized
eight times for 70 yards while Trinity
drew three flags for 35 yards.
Coach Largent commended the
punting game of Bret Nation. Nation
punted eight times for an average of
34 yards and the Tigers were unable to
return any of the eight punts. Trinity
punted six times for an average of 25.7
yards.
The Eagles had 165 yards total
offense while Trinity had 126.
Ira Atkins lead the Eagle rushing
with 54 yards in 12 carries. Tommy
Williams carried 18 times for 48 yards
and led the defensive attack with nine
tackles, seven assists and a blocked
punt. Billy Cannon, Daniel New,
Kenneth Trotter, Joe Moake and
Kenneth Patrick were also standouts
in the Victory trek.
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Cable Co, Law Suit
To Begin Monday
Rusk Hitfh School Homccoming C.ourl
Three Husk High School seniors have been nominated as candidates for llnim-roming Queen this year. One of the
three will he crowned during halftime ceremonies Friday ¡it Musick Stadium. Top. left to rinht. are
nominees Terrl Dyess, Barbara Foreman and Billie Lynn l.o\ elady. ( lass duchesses making up the homecoming
court include, middle, l-r, Lindv Ocker and Connie Wickware. Junior Class and Flaina Robinson. Sophomore
Class. Bottom row, same order, are Sylvia Willis, Sophomore ( lass and Ithomia Hanson and Nadlne New,
Freshman Class. --staff photos
Homecoming Set Friday
Mrs. Roundabout
Sooner or later we all find oursejves
caught on the horns of an emotional
dilemma Feelings likened toa yo-yo.
Caught between a rock and a hard
place. Be derned if we do, be derned if
we don't. You know what I mean? You
just can't force yourself to say, "this
is the way I feel about that!"
This state is called "mixed
emotion." And Fairy Upshaw will
have it next Friday night when she
attends the game between the Rusk
Eagles and the San Augustine Wolves.
Her son-in-law, Dennis Luedeker, is
one of the SA coaches and it may be
hard for her to handle her part of the
cheering section! Especially since it
was just a few years ago that her
daughter, Janet Hill Luedeker, was
the Rusk High head cheerleader. How
time flies!
See'ROUNDABOUT, p. 16
Rusk City Council's law suit which
seeks to cancel the contract or
franchise agreement with E-Z Vision
TV Cable Company is scheduled to go
to trial Monday, Sept. 24. The case
will be heard in 2nd Judicial District
Court. Judge Marvin Blackwell of
Junction will preside.
City Attorney Larry Sinclair and
Paul Cox, assistant, represent the
City Council, The cable company is
represented by Hulon B. Brown of
Rusk, Jacksonville; Jack Boone,
member of Small, Craig and
Werkenthin law firm, Austin and Rep.
Ben Z. Grant of Marshall.
The dispute arose nearly three
years ago when the cable company
announced a 30 cent per month rate
increase.
City Councilmen Lewie Byers and
Fred Lunsford have been the leaders
in the attack on the cable company.
Thomas W. Swafford, manager and
stock holder of Rusk Industries, met
with the council every time the cable
company was on the agenda until the
law suit was filed.
Cable company owner Emmett H.
Whitehead maintains that he has
faithfully lived up to the terms of the
contract that has been in effect since
themid-60's.
It is not known whether Councilman
Fred Lunsford will return from his
vacation in time for the trial.
Subpoenas were issued for Lunsford,
Thomas W. Swafford, manager and
stockholder of Rusk Industries; Joe
Terrell, originally associated with
Swafford in Rusk Industries and
president of First State Bank; Lewie
Byers, member of the Rusk City
Council and employee of Terrell at
First State Bank; Raymond Cooper
and J. C. Williams Sr., former
members of the council.
Pre-trial is slated for 9 a.m.
Monday. Jury selection and actual
? trial will follow immediately.
Mrs Annie Wickware, escorted by
Jeffrey Foreman
Duchesses from the Sophomore
Class are Sylvia Willis, daughter of
Mr Mattie Willis, escorted by Adam
Mallard and Flaina Robinson, daugh-
ter of Mr and Mrs Bill Robinson,
escorted by Tony Talbert
Chosen as duchesses from the
Freshman class are Rhonda Hanson,
daughter of Mr and Mrs Curtis
Hanson, escorted by Andy Huddleston
and Nadine New, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs Daniel New, escorted by Kerry
Smith
Miss Cassandra Chandler, 1978
Homecoming Queen, will present the
crown and roses to the new honoree.
See 'HOMECOMING, p. lfi
RISD Hires Attorneys
The Rusk school board Monday
voted to hire the McCreary and Huey
law firm of Austin to begin collecting
any delinquent school taxes which
have been outstanding as far back as
1989 when the district first began
collecting taxes.
Supt. Tony Murray said a total of
9176,420 are outstanding in delinquent
taxes.
He said notices will be mailed out
one more time to those property
ownera who have delinquent taxes to
give them another opportunity to pay
the taxes before being turned over to
the attorney firm.
"After taxpayers with delinquent
taxes are notified and given ample
opportunity to take care of the
outstanding debts, then the matter
will be in the hands of the attorneys,"
Murray said.
The board passed a motion to that
effect at the regular monthly hoard
meeting Monday.
Murray told the hoard that the
penalties and interest which the
property owners would pay would
take care of the fees to be charged by
the attorneys.
In some cases where taxes have
been delinquent for several years
Murray said, the penalty and interest
will amount to more than the taxes
themselves.
Murray conceded that a good
portion of the $176,420 will be
uncollectable "because the people
have died" or are unable to be
located
However, he indicated a good
percentage still can be located, and
that those who are may be facing a
lawsuit unless they pay up before the
attorneys' process gets that far
The McCreary and Huey law firm is
the same firm employed by the county
See *HISI), p, l(i
'Sound of Music' Character* Rehearne
Steve Pipes, left, sophomore at Tyler Junior College, and Sara Fairbanks, a sophomore at Jacksonville High
School, practice their roles In "The Sound of Music," set for Oct. 4-7 III the Cherokee Theatre in lluik. See^story,
page 7.
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The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 130, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 20, 1979, newspaper, September 20, 1979; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth151350/m1/1/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.