The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 130, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 20, 1979 Page: 2 of 24
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Spare the Child!
This is the International Year of
the Child, and while the
movement has received some
criticism,, it is very proper that a
year should be set aside to focus
on the needs of children and the
attention which should be given to
them.
Especially with child abuse
cases increasing at an alarming
rate in recent years, it is high
time for many adults to re-
evaluate their thinking about
children and about how they are
to be treated.
Critics of the Year of the Child
program say that supporters of
the program want adults to give in
to children more than they should,
thus causing even more
disrespect amoqg children for
adults than already exists.
But the greatest number of
problem children are not those
who have loving parents who are
too lenient with them, but rather
are those whose parents show
little love for them at all, and
consequently little attention.
Many of the children seen
running around loose in Rusk at
late hours are from broken
homes, and in many cases neither
of the child's parents knows or
seems to care where their
children are.
Perhaps one of the greatest
forms of child abuse in the Rusk
area comes in the form of child
neglect.
Children who feel unloved at
home often seek for love
elsewhere, and the consequences
can be devastating.
So attention needs to be given to
what parents can do or not do to
show their love for their children,
and what neighbors and even
strangers can do to help a child on
the streets who appears to be
unloved, or with at least a
shortage of love in his home.
As school gets underway, all
motorists heed to be reminded
again to slow down in school
zones, and to stop when any school
bus stops, whether the bus is in
the motorist's lane or not.
Parents should try to have at
least one meal a day with the
entire family present if at all
possible. The bumper sticker,
"Have you hugged your child
today?" offers good food for
thought.
When parents do have to be
away from their children (even
teenagers) at night, they should
know exactly what their children
will be doing and who they are
going to be with. Any parent who
does not make sure of these things
only announces to his child, "I do
not really care enough about you
to care where you are and who
you are with."
This does not mean we do not
allow our children a sense of
independence. But the
independence of our children
should be kept within certain
limitations until they have
matured enough to know what is
wise and safe for them.
The intelligence and common
sense of a child is often difficult to
determine. Too often adults tend
to underestimate the intelligence
or ability of a child, especially
adults who did not grow up with
television and daily newspapers
in their homes.
Schools have rightly broadened
the field of education from
reading, writing and arithmetic to
include education on drug abuse,
venereal disease, etc. But unless
moral values are taught in the
home as well as in the school, the
school will fail. DE
Rotarians Hear Talk,
View Art Presentation
The Rusk RoUry Club
met at noon Wednesday,
Sept. 5 at Petticoat Junc-
tion. Gueata included
Woody Carter ofthe Pales-
tine Rotary Gub and Jim
Godfrey of the Jacksonville
Rotary Club. Jim Brown
was a visitor.
State Rep. Emmett H.
Whitehead was the guest
speaker and he talked to
the club concerning the
operations of the Legisla-
ture. Rep. Whitehead has
three institutions in his
district, Mexia State School
is the largest, Rusk State
Hospital is second and the
Juvenile Home in Crockett
is third. _
The Rusk Rotary Gub
met Wednesday, Sept. 12 at
Petticoat Junction with
guests Woody Carter of
Palestine Rotary Gub; Dr.
W. A. Miller of the Jackson-
ville Rotary Gub; Ray
frank of the Nacogdoches
Rotary Gub and George
Atkinson had as his guests
Roddy Bland and Cliff Lee.
Houston White inducted
James J. Brown into the
club.
George Wallace was pro-
gran chairman and he in-
troduced Wayne Morrow
who presented a program
on art. He brought with him
a number of paintings and
wood carving and showed
them to the dub members.
Correction
In the obituary of Tom Garner of Maydelle in last week's issue of i;i;
i The Cherokeean, the name of Mr. Garner's daughter, Mrs. Margie |
| Smith of Tyler, was inadvertently omitted.
The Cherokeean regrets this oversight.
Mr. Garner, 72, a lifetime résident of Cherokee County, died $
| Saturday, Sept. 8, in a Jacksonville hospital. Services were |
li conducted the following Monday in Wallace-Thompson Funeral |
I Home and burial followed in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
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[topay the large
Kayaks Down the ÑDe, by Jetan
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story of ons nan's trip down the
Nile by kayaks. Ha waa nearly
th owned in a cataret, attached by
bull hlppoe and videos wild dop,
almost bqriad attve in a sand-
storm, scorched by the sun, shot at
by Egyptian river pirates, stoned
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poeeur, part lust himostf. Of all the
colorful Texas figures following
the Ovil War none was as loud,
arlsh, and funny as this
inghta Pierce, by Cirli
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Try proMag year wKt even II it
frighteas her at first.
Our guests last week were Mr
Johnny B Penick and the sister of
Lion Glen Stanley Always happy
to have guests at our Rusk Lions
Gub meetings
Lion Lewis Byers had to take
quite s bit of stuff last Thursday
and Our Lions President David
Long did nothing to help
Shot-Gun Tickets are available
from any of the Lions now You
have heard of shotgun weddings-
you may need one so buy a ticket
from a Lion and it might be yours
Always be prepared
Help will be needed to park cars
for the Arts and Crafts Fair that
will be in October, so be ready to
volunteer this Thursday Lion
President Long will be making
plans concerning this important
project.
$1,640 has been spent for the
lights on the girls ball park and will
be put up in the near future We
have some crooked poles to put
them on if you have some straight
ones that we can use please let our
Lion President know
It was time for the program and
in the absence of Lion Mike
Sullivan Lion Allen B Gilchrest
introduced Lion Jerry McRae
Lion Jerry has been with the Game
and Wildlife for a number of years
While living in our city of Rusk he
has been very interested in his
Church and the work involved with
it Also has had to chase Lion
Lewie Byers on many occasions
during the hunting season
There has been one change in the
laws regarding the hunting of deer
The evidence o( the sex of the
animal cannot be removed If it is a
doe a permit must be attached. If a
buck, it can be quartered but the
head must be left on
A season has been re-instated for
net fishing and a big change in
commercial tismng regulations
regarding the license required. A
commercial fishermen coming
from another state must psy the
State of Texas the same amount he
psys in the stale that he came from
You cannot obtain s commercial
fishing license unless SO percent of
your income comes from fishing
This again is hurting the little man,
with much lobbying done to get this
bill passed by the large
commercial fisherman
Check your game laws regarding
the dates you can hunt. Game
management is the answer to our
many problems concerning wild
life Lion McRae says that we have
the best hunting sres in the
Country right here in East Texas
and Cherokee County in particular.
Properly managed, there would be
more deer here in East Texas than
any other part of the State And he
has hopes that things will improve
as the wrong hunting habits oí
many people have changed and
hopefully many more will soon
change.
Always good to have Lion McRae
with lis and hope that be will not
wait to be the program before
returning
A visiting Tessa wss he lag
guided ara—d ManhalUa by a
local res ideal. I'pon seeing Central
Psrk the Tessa commented:
"Back kome, our yards are Mgger
than that." Upon seeing Grand
Central Station he said: "Why we
have bigger train sets ia ear
basements."
The New Yorker look him
downtown and pointed oat the
Empire State Building, to which
the Texan replied: "We have
outhouses bigger than that beck
home."
"Yeh" answered the New
Yorker, "and you need them too.".
See You Thursday Noon
Petticoat Junction Restaurant.
Kissin/Kuzzins
Selcriggs Info Sought
Carolyn Erickson
1614 Red bud Street
Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
Searching for information con-
cerning Henry David
SELCRIGGS. He is my great-
great-grandfather. His wife was
Minerva NEWMAN, daughter of
Joseph NEWMAN, one of the ori-
ginal 300 colonists of Stephen F.
Austin. Minerva was born in 1814 to
Joseph & Rachel RABB NEW-
MAN. I find that David SEL-
CRIGGS (Silkriggs?) was listed in
the 1837 Tax roll of Colorado
County, the 1846 Poll list of Whar-
ton County, the 1840 Census of the
Republic of Texas, and he died in
Wharton County 17 November 1846.
He left no will, and there is much
Information concerning the set-
tlement of his estate in Wharton
County. His wife remarried John
RUSTON.
I find no others with the same or
like surname in Texas census and
poll lists. I find the name is
Scottish, derived from Selkirk. I
did find in the 1820 Census of
Pennsylvania an Ozea Silkridge-
in 1810, he was Ozee Selkregg! Also
in 1810, a George Selcraig.
My great-grandmother was
Elizabeth Ann Selcriggs (I keep
this spelling as I found his signa-
We 6n papérs~in~Wharton Co. wno
was born in Washington-on-the-
Brazos and married Joseph
TAYLOR of Goliad. His signature
is David SELCRIGGS-I located
the Henry in my great-grand-
mothert death record in Goliad.
Mrs. Tom D Kirkscey, Box 557,
Rosebud, Texas 76570
1 am seeking help on the family
of John Lane fi Carolyn C. BURNS
MURP HE Y.John was born about
1812 in Tennessee. Carolyn was
born about 1813 in S C. I believe
that Elizabeth Murphey, who
came to Nacogdoches also was the
mother of John Lane MURPHEY.
John and Carolyn had the follow
children: Thomas B., b. ca 1833
Ala; Mary F. b. ca 1835 Ala;
Andrew Jackson, b. 7 July 1837;
Benjamin F., b.ca 1839 Ala; Wil-
liam H. b. ca 1841 Ala; John M., b.
ca 1844 Ala; JamesK. P., b. ca 1845
Ala; Taylor Alvah, b. ca 1848 Ala;
Sarah W., b. 27 Sept. 1850 Nacog-
doches; Robert Wynn, b. 25 De-
cember 18S2 Nacogdoches; Alice,
b. 25 September 1855; Jesse A., b.
31 January 1859 Nacogdoches and
Oscar F. Can anyone help me on
this family?
Mrs. Cyril J. Graham, 4990
Gladys, Beaumont, Texas 77706
l have been told a story of a bank
robbery in Nacogdoches with rob-
bers escaping with the loot and,
when about to be overtaken by
Indians, disposed of the loot in
some manner This is and was an
old story that was told many years
ago No one can remember when,
but suspect the time frame was at
the end of the Civil War to around
1900. Does anyone know of such a
robbery?
JoeE Campton, 2314 Blue Water
Lane, Houston, Texas 77018
I am trying to find out who
Chamberlin, Texas in Dallas Coun-
ty is named for Possibly an
Edward Chamberlin who lived
near there. He is supposed to have
had a large cattle ranch near San
Antonio and a 12 year old nephew
Charley Shepler lived with him
Any help would be very greatly
appreciated Will answer all who
care to write
Mrs Nancy Howell, 441-1 Pied-
mont Road, Valparaiso, Indiana
46383
I would like to correspond with
any descendants of the following:
Perry D RADNEY, b ca 1821 Ga
and his wife Ann COVINGTON, b
ca 1824 Ga , who came to Wood
County, Texas from Ga around
1890. The RADNEYS were mar-
ried in Ga. 1843 and had these
children: Nancy A., b ca J844 who
married J. L. BRUCE; Annaretta
C. b. ca 1846 who married Steven
Bryant DAVENPORT; Hulduh E„
b. ca 1847; Frances, b. ca 1849 who
married Alec HARRISON; Rufus
Robert, b. ca 1854 who married
Amanda-
The Fayette County News, Box
96, Fayetteville, Georgia 30214,
publishes a weekly column "Vig-
nettes of History'containing genea-
logical and general interest events
regarding Fayette County since its
formation in 1821. The column by
Varney Graves has published in-
formation on more 100 fami-
lies, many were members of the
Army of the Revolution of Virginia,
North and South Carolina and
Georgia, that originally settled in
Fayette Now many descendants
are located throughout the United
States. A SASE will bring a re-
sponse regarding anv family, e-
vent or subject in the HISTORY OF
FAYETTE
I need information on Jacob
Robert BUCK and his parents He
was born in Marshfield, Mo (Web-
ster County) He married Maggie
MANNING. Some time later they
moved to Tarrant County, Texas.
Jacob served in the Missouri Con-
federate forces as a Quarter-
master Need his parents and
Confederate Unit.
Rev Robert M Paris, 1122 North
St., No 510 Nacogdoches, Texas
75961
dan eakin.
the cherokee
chatterbox
Matrimony: The Root Of All Evil
—; Emma A., b.ca
1859 who married James W. KIR+
BO; Laura P., b. ca 1862 who
married Joseph J. DARDEN and
Waler. All of these children were
born in Ga. and all but Nancy and
Walter came to Wood County
Texas.
Mrs. Thomas Horton, 4775 Oak-
wood, No. 205, Odessa, Texas 79761
There was a William WRIGHT
(b. 1803 Va.) with his wife Susan (b.
1803) and their children: Nancy
1827; Martha, 1829; John, 1830;
James 1831 in Fayette County,
Georgia in 1850. There were lots of
descendants from families of Fay-
ette that went down to Nacogdo-
ches, Shelby and Cass Counties in
Texas. Does anyone have records
of the WRIGHT family? I would
like to correspond with them.
Varney Graves, Fayetteville,
Georgia 30214
Letter to the Editor...
TO ALL MY MANY FRIENDS
In my past weeks of illness, there
have been so many who proved
your concern.
Words could never express the
Christian Love in my heart for a
people like the people of this city.
I have received so many cards,
calla, flowers, gifts, and so many
Prayers have gone up for me and
my family.
Many churches of this city have
had special prayer for my recov-
ery. 1 could feel the preeence of
God in every hour.
Ixannever rway you, but I pray
that lean serve God in a way to
help you when you are in Spiritual
I appreciate Dr. Dalgleish and
the nurses of Rusk Memorial
Hospital and all they did for me.
I appreciate Dr. Gastillo and the
nurses at Newburn Hospital and all
they did for me.
God only knows how I appreciate
every act of kindness, and
especially all of your prayers.
Please continue to pray for me
as I try to be what God wants me to
be and preach His Precious Word.
Yours in His Service,
Bro. Don Copeland
Route 4, Rusk
With Judge Morris Hassell no-
ting that more have filed for
divorce than have obtained mar-
riage licenses in Cherokee County
so far this year, perhaps it is time
to issue a warning to lovers that
they should look before they leap
into the so-called "holy" state of
matrimony.
Judge Hassell said that by Sept. 1
of this year, 251 divorce cases had
been filed while at the same time
236 marriage licenses had been
issued in Cherokee County.
As far as the warning, some
lovers may be already taking
note. Mrs. Fairy Upshaw, county
clerk, said a total of 330 marriage
licenses were issued In the county
last year, but only 236 have been
issued so far this year. Mrs.
Upshaw believes that fewer mar-
riage licenses are likely to be
issued in the county in 1979 than in
1978.
Both marriage and divorce are
very serious matters, but all of this
cannot help but bring to mind sorne
humerous stories of the past whian
should serve as warnings to any
who would consider taking the
marriage vows.
For example:
"The knot was tied, the pair was
wed,
And then the smiling bridegroom
said
Unto the preacher, 'Shall I pay to
you the usual fee today,
Or would you have me wall one
year
And then give you a hundred
clear
If I should find the marriage
state
As happy as I estimate?'
The wise old preacher did not
wait.
He had no need to hesitate,
He had no wrinkle on his brow.
He said, 'I'll lake five dollars
now'."
Epitaph writers, also known aa
monumental liars, have JnadvtT-
tently managed to say more about
certain marriages than they inten-
ded.
Here are some examples:
"Here lies John Brown. He was
married for 40 years, and he died in
the confident hope of a better life."
"Here lies Sally Smith, who was
accidentally killed at the age of 35.
This monument erected by her
grateful husband." ~
Someone has said, "Getting intd
marriage is a lot like getting into •
tub of hot water. After youtt in It a
while, it's not so hot."
Someone else said, "Marriage is
like a railroad crossing. Before you
get married, you stop and look.
After you get married, you listen."
Marital problems are not just
peculiar to this generation. In the
Toastmaster's Handbook, first
printed in 1916, comes this story;
The archbishop was visiting a
class at the convent school for girls
when the teacher, a nun, asked one
of the students to define matri-
mony.
"Matrimony," the girl respon-
ded, "is a state of terrible torment
through which people must go
before entering into a better
world."
"That's not matrimony," said
the teacher. "That's purgatory."
"Leave her alone Sister," said
the archbishop. "Maybe she's
right. After all, what would you
and I know?"
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4-H WEEK
OCTOBER
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you fine people as I tried to serve
God. Now you have said, "WE
CARE "Thank you.
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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/m1/2/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.