The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 130, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 29, 1979 Page: 2 of 16
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P rWO THE CHEROKEEAN OF RUSK. TEXAS. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER I . 197
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Lions Den By E.B. Musick Jr.
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ihts. She was a fighter. With
committment and
mination she moved toward
iished goals. And she did this
to the betterment of many
of life in this community
ounty.
fact that she was chosen as
i s first woman to receive the
en of the Year" award in
estifies to the quality of her
y. In any task which she
ípted, success prevailed. Not
did she have the knack to
sometimes even push and
others, but she was a willing
?r performing any chore as
demanded.
a native of Rusk, born of
eer lineage, Gene was
■ wed with a sense of
'ciation for her heritage. And
worked to preserve it for
s to share now and in years
>me. It is to her credit that
y of us acknowledge a
•r elous sense of awareness
t our past history.
< cite only some of her
ibutions in this cause is still
gthy list. The replica of Gov.
>s S. Hogg's Mountain Home
tim Hogg State Park. The
• ration of the Footbridge. The
■ rvation of the quaint Bonner
Building. The locating and
King of two blast furnaces
h operated during the days of
Birmingham.
Mtorical markers, temporary
;ers. She has plodded the
r in of land which marks Rusk,
s on the map and in so doing,
diligently sought to inscribe
i)Osterity the significance of
• site. For Gene, it was never
gh to know where you are and
ler where you are going. Her
of beginning rested in the
which she rightfully believed
ts prime place of importance
e understanding of a people-
'• culture, their customs, their
sand dreams.
> single person, not even Gene
elf, could possibly estimate
hours of volunteer time she
to support an entity she
' ved in--her heritage-which
so gladly shared with all
rs. Through the expected
fits of tourism, Gene saw the
dom of preserving all of
•ry's legacy, to be shared in
" with thousands of hoped for
ors.
This dream which she had,
caused her to be called "the
mother of tourism" by Emmett H.
Whitehead when she was
presented as the winner of the
Chamber of Commerce "Citizen
of the Year" award in January,
1972. At that point she had already
amassed a long list of
achievements in working toward
the promotion of tourism. In
addition to the preservation of
history, she brought it to life with
support for the East Texas
Regional Arts and Crafts Fair, an
event which highlights the
celebration of the Indian Summer
Festival in October each year.
Her hope and her faith in the
possibilities of a restored Texas
State Railroad and Rusk City
Park were realized more stronger
than ever with the successful
season just ended. These goals
attained along with the marking
of other historical sites including
the Footbridge, the Dr. I. K.
Frazer home, the Gregg home,
were important bits of cloth
woven into the fabric of one life—
that of Gene Gregg Meyers.
She lived to see so many of her
desires for the betterment of the
quality of life fulfilled. One of her
longed for projects was the
removal of the beautiful, little
Catholic Church to the Rusk City
Park. This is in the process of
attainment. It would have been a
glorious hour of joy for her to see
the completion.
There were countless numbers
of projects which she supported
that you may join us in
remembering. The reproduction
of the New Birmingham
brochures, the Footbridge Garden
Cookbooks, ornamental jewelry--
crosses-made of square nails
from the ruins of the old Southern
Hotel located at New
Birmingham. Guided tours for
groups of guests. The successful
acquisition of the theatre building
for use by the performing arts.
Her total dedication to the
observance of the Bicentennial in
1976.
Lest any reader think we give
Gene full credit for these projects,
let us reassure you that she would
be the first to dispell such honor.
Gene would want it to be known
quickly, and immediately! that
she only played a part in the doing
of all this. But her part was such a
significant part!
It remains for us to remember
her and all of the good that she
made possible.. and to be thankful
that we were privileged to share
for however long, or however
short our acquaintance, that
dream which was uniquely in the
mind of Rusk's "mother of
tourism." It isn't easy to give
birth to an idea. But she did, and
it's alive and doing well. Thank
you, Lord, for Gene Gregg
Meyers.
Singletary
Memorial Library
Dinnne Sinclair, Librarian
Some new books on the New Book
Shelf:
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holme*, by
John Watson. M.D.: In 1886 Robert
Louis Stevenson published his
chilling tale, The Strange Cate of
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Only
recently a manuscript has
materialized that reveals for the
first time that the details of the
classic story was purposely incom-
plete; that his "story" was based
on fact. Here is Dr. Watson's
chronicle relating to this mystery.
l<emon-Aid, by Phil Edmonston.
Based on hundred of thousands of
consumer complaints about cars-
what to do if you get a "lemon".
The Book of Rachel, by Joel
Gross, Is a dramatic richly saga of
an uiuoinitable Jewish family that
spans five centuries. For 500 years
this family has controlled the sale
of diamcyids to the world. Every-
one who reads this remarkable
novel will be spellbound by its
power and touched by its theme:
We all come from many places,
many people We are, all of us, of
old blood, ancient roots, and we are
all linked
Simon the Coldheart, by Geor-
gette Heyer, is a rousing and
romantic historical novel set in the
early 1400's, a period marked by
courtesy and chivalry
MIm ('ruin's 10-Minute-A-Day
Spot-Reducing Program, by
Marjorie Craig This is a catalogue
of exercises for improving specific
parts of the body
B. Orben says that "I really
worry about today's educational
system. Would you believe that
yesterday my eighteen year old, a
college freshman, asked me who
Macbeth was? Macbeth! It's
ridiculous. All he had to do was
look it up in the Bible."
Well, Thanksgiving is over and
we all had so much to be thankful
for.
Another word from Mr. Orben -
the next time you feel like
complaining, remember that your
garbage disposal eats better than
30 percent of the people in the
world. And at his time of year we
need to remember all of the good
things the good Lord has blessed us
with.
We take our food for granted, the
clothes we wear, the house we live
in and all of the other things we
have. How long has it been since
we have said our prayers and
thanked God for all of these things''
The man was bad about drink-
ing. but his wife was a kindly,
Christian lady One Saturday
afternoon, the radio announced the
coming of a tornado Their home
would be in its path. The lady
caught the inebriated husband by
the hand and led him to a ravine
about 150 yards from the house
The storm came and limbs began
to blow over the ravine The lady
became frightened and said aloud,
"Lord take care of me and my
drunken husband " The husband
said,"Honey, don't tell him I'm
drunk, tell him I'm sick "
We need new members in the old
Rusk Lions Club and now would be
the time to bring someone with you
and if Lion Ike Daniel is not there
maybe they will join up with us
Stop and think just a minute what
Lionism has meant to you-then let
us share it with somebody else
This would make a good Christmas
present to our Club and to the
individual
A circus was performing in a
remote town where Father Ama-
bilis was giving a mission Some of
the circus personnel decided to
take the chance of "Catching up
with themselves" and kept Father
quite busy in the confessional The
last one was an acrobat
Father had hoped to see the
circus that night, but. glancing at
his watch, he saw he would not be
able to get there on time anymore
Peering out of the confessional, he
noticed that the church was quite
empty, he stepped out just as his
last "customer" reached his pew
to perform his penance In
engaging him in a short
conversation he discovered that he
was an acrobat, and he asked a
favor of him: "Before you leave,
can you show me a few of your
tricks'' I haven't seen a circus in
years " "Why, sure. Father, come
out in the schoolyard and watch."
Standing at the church door,
Father enjoyed the sight of the
acrobat doing handstands,
sommersaults. and flying leaps
form one end of the lot to the other
Amused. Father returned to his
confessional to wait for the next
penitents to come and was soon
startled to hear the voice of an
elderly lady coming through the
screen "O Father, it's been 20
years since my last confession, but
before I start, please don't give me
the same penance as you gave that
last man I don't think I could
manage it'"
See You Thursday Noon
Petticoat Junction Restaurant
Kissin 'Kuzzins
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Nacogdoches, Texas 75*1
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Letters
to the Editor
Editor! note...This letter was sent
to the Chamber of Commerce and
is being shared by them with the
people of Rusk.
Rusk Chamber of Commerce:
I recently visited your lovely
town, being a guest of a member of
First Baptist Church there in Rusk.
I really loved your little town and
the friendly people and your won-
derful assortment of stores, banks,
post office, etc. Also, my thanks to
your town paper for publishing an
article as why I was in Rusk. Tex.
Lord willing. I may return later
on to settle for a longer time in
Rusk. Tex., as it is my type of
town: Christian and friendly
people on a whole.
Sincerely yours.
James Spurgeon Selahy.Jr.
43 Charlton Ave. W Apt. 301
Hamilton. Ontario. Canada
P.S. I have told my friends about
Rusk.
TO THE EDITOR:
You changed the name
GOLEMON to COLEMAN. It is an
Indian name and my daughter's
name is not Marjorie but Majorie 1
know I can't write for among other
things. I have palsy. I used to be
able to spell. Jewel Gunter and I
spelled a whole school down one
time. And Respt. means
Respectfully.
Respt, Mrs. Viola H Knight,
Box 347, Rusk
(Ed. notei We apologise for the
tvpoa In a recent letter from .Mrs,
Knight which was published as a
letter to the erillor.)
Would like to correspond with
relatives of the following: William
FLANAGAN, living in Franklin
County, Georgia in 1809 George
GLANAGAN, the son of the above,
born SC. about 1784 Lived in
several Ga counties and in
Alabama from about 1840 until
after the 1850. Probably died
between the 1850 and 1860 census in
Tallapossa Co., Alabama
Who were George FLANAGAN'S
brothers and sisters? Did he have a
son named Caleb? Who were
William FLANAGAN'S parents'
Florence F Long, 11 Rose
Avenue, Mobile, Alabama 36608
Want information on William
SUMMERS, buried in Upshur Co.,
born about 1832 in Missouri or in
Weakley Co., Tenn; wife Katherine
GALLOWAY Children born in
Upshur County: John Francis
Marion! married and div Nancy
CAMP), Rebecca (married Hugh
LOVE), and Betty (married John
LOVE) Children born in the 1850's
Mrs Harry Kattner, Route 1 Box
122, Ladonia, Texas 75449
Thomas Vade RANDOLPH, my
grandfather, was born 10
November 1861 His father was
James Jackson RANDOLPH, b 9
July 1831, and Rachel Frances
BURKS RANDOLPH Great
grandmother, Rachel had 2
brothers-Pies & Tom BURKS
James Jackson RANDOLPH was
born in Lincoln or Jackson County,
Tennessee according to family
tradition
Tennessee is the only place that
any of my 3rd cousins have
mentioned
Mrs R L Anderson. 923
Kingman, Canadian, Texas 79014
Meat Import Bill
Cause for Praise
Passage today of the Pickle-
Bentsen Meat Import Bill in the
House of Representatives was the
greatest legislative breakthrough
for American cattle producers in
many years, said Roy Wheeler of
Pleasanton, president of the
Independent Cattlemen's
Association of Texas.
The bill, which passed the House
by a vote of 352-48, now goes to
President Carter for his signature
Although Carter vetoed a similar
bill last year, the present
legislation represents a
"We cattle producers owe Texas
Congressman J.J. "Jake" Pickle
and Texas Sen Lloyd Bentsen our
thanks many times over for their
untiring efforts in seeking passage
of this bill," said Wheeler "This
Meat Import Bill has been our
main objective for five years and is
one of the primary reasons we
organized, It will amend the 1964
Meat Import Act which has
created instability in the market
place for producers and consumers
alike,"
Wheeler praised the Texas
delegation which was instrumental
in leading the long struggle to pass
the Meat Import Bill.
compromise between the
Administration and
representatives of cattle industry
Carter has indicated he will sign
this legislation
In its present form, the 1964 Meat
Import Act allows more imported
meat into the country when
domestic production is high,
creating instability in the market
place, depressed prices for
cattlemen and windfall profits on
the wholesale and retail level
The Pickle-Bentsen bill will
reverse the boom and bust cycle
in the cattle industry by allowing
increased imports during periods
of high prices and reducing
imports during periods of
depressed prices. This
countercyclical control of imports
will add stability to the cattle
market and assure the U.S.
consumer high quality beef at
reasonable prices, according to
Wheeler
"We are proud of the input we
have had in making the passage of
the Meat Import Bill possible,"
said Wheeler "Our ICA leaders
have spent many hours testifying
in favor of such legislation and now
can see the result of such hard
work
Welcome to the
Parade
4:00 p.m. Friday. Nov. 30
in Downtown Husk
Searching for William T
WALKER, born 1849 Mo . wife
Eliza P COX Siblings Harland,
born 1873. William Dudley, born
1875 Weatherford, Texas, Ara,
born 1878. Texas In 1880 lived in
Jacksboro, Jack County. Texas
Will exchange any information
Mrs Jane Walker. 57 Ocean
View Drive. Pittsburg, Calif 94565
Seeking information on the
William HUMPHREYS
(HUMPRIES) of Panola County,
Texas and San Augustine County.
Texas At one tune William lived in
Oglethorpe County. Morgan
County. Green County and Baldwin
County. Georgia and bought land in
1855 in Henry County, Alabama
and later gave the land to his
daughter. Lucindia, for love She
married Richard T LINGO who
lived in Henry County, Alabama
I would like to correspond with
anyone having information about
this man
Claudine C Watkins, 2726
Windsor Avenue, Montgomery,
Ala 36109
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Would like to correspond with
anyone knowing anything about
the OSTROWSKY family of U>e
County, Texas about 1880 The 1880
Census shows Aaron
OSTROWSKE, age 33, b Prussia,
wife Lela, age 25, b Poland:
Samuel, age 2, b Texas, Betty 9-12
b Texas There was an L.
OSTROWSKY, age 35, b Prussia,
wife Hanna, age 34, b Prussia;
Sarah 13 b Prussia; Many age 10,
b Illinois; Joey, 6 b Illinois;
Isidora, 2, b Texas; Masey, 6, b
Illinois I feel quite strongly that
Aaron and "L" are brothers. The
family apparently came to this
country about 1867 and may have
passed through the Chicago area,
where they later lived
John C LaPiana, 313 Cooper
Lane, Dewitt, New York 13214
Would like to have information
on the family of William H SWIFT,
born in Abbeville District Soutji
Carolina 12 March 1816 Is he the
son of Jonathan SWIFT0 Was
Jonathan a son of a veteran of the
American Revolution'' William H.
SWIFT and his brother
immigrated to Texas and settled in
Nacogdoches County On July 24,
1H44. he married Nancy M.
WALKER of Angelina County,
Texas. He was sheriff of
Nacogdoches County at one time
and later elected to the office of
State Senator in which he served
several consecutive sessions with
honor He was among the first to
volunteer for the Civil War and
became a Colonel.
Williams's daughter Mary
Josephine Swift who married
William E. BROWN is my
grandmother and her daughter,
Emmie Ophelia Brown
PATTERSON is my mother. I
would appreciate any help on these
families.
Mrs. Juanita P. Rucker, 4719
Southern Avenue, Shreveport, La.,
71106
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