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t AGE TWO-THE CHEROKEEAN OF RUSK, TEXAS. THURSDAY. DECEMBER U. ltM
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Lend a Helping Hand
To Prevent Tragedy
Any kind of vehicle accident is damaging
to the psyche, as well as to the pocketbook!
Recently an accident which involved a Rusk
school bus with faulty brakes is a good
example of what we're saying. There were
no physical injuries to people, for which
everyone can be grateful, but accidents
always turn our emotions upside down.
The school system, as an entity of our
community, operates much like we as in-
dividuals do. As much care is given as is
reasonably possible, to maintenance and
upkeep of the buses. They are replaced as
quickly as budgetary allocations permit
and safety decrees The Alto Independent
School District just this past week unof-
ficially adopted a plan to purchase a new
bus each year to ensure adequate transpor-
tation of its students.
All entities, as well as individuals, deal
with vehicles in some fashion, sooner or
later! Therefore, it behooves all of us,
especially at this season, to give extra care
and attention to the good rule of "preven-
tive" efforts. Before exhausting yourself in
preparation for the holiday, give yourself
and family the first and most needful gift of
all. Have your vehicle thoroughly checked
for those possible wreck-causing defects.
Whether planning a winter vacation, or
just going to school and work, it is better to
travel with the peace of mind that comes
from knowing you've got the ole' buggy
running at its best level.
No matter how hard we may try to
prevent accidents, they still happen, sure.
But we must lend a helping hand to the
prevention of tragedy. That well known
"ounce of prevention" is worth more than a
pound of cure. It can mean your very life!
The shape of your life depends on the
shape of your car. Plan ahead for a Merry
and SAFE Christmas!
t&xaeoa
My Trip to East Texas
(Editor's note: The following ar-
ticle should bring back a few
ir rinories of life in early East Texas
ft r a lot of The Cherokeean'* readers.
The Writer is Mrs. Maye Bo* of
Houston. Her narration reflects many
details of her life which we think
you'll enjoy reading. -mw>
On October 6. 1980 I left my apar-
tment at 12:45 with two lady friends,
one who lives in Alto, the* other in
Rusk. I enjoyed the drive so much as 1
had not been out of the City of Houston
in four years and then for a funeral. I
si>ent most of 1979 in the hospital - 94
days.
I spent the night of Oct 6 with my
lady friend in Alto. The next day she
carried me to Gallatin to my niece's
home. Gallatin was where I grew up
and kissed my first boyfriend who I
was engaged to during World War I
(that seemed like forever). My niece
was so kind to me. She drove over all
the Cherokee county. My two
daughters finished high school at
Fusk. 1 had a beautiful home off
Crocket Street just outside of the city
limits. When we drove up the streets
oi Husk, I cried like a baby thinking of
my family all gone to meet their God
but me which I'll meet some day. We
moved to Houston 40 years ago, in 1940
from Rusk.
As my niece Alline was driving
down those roads 1 loved so much, she
drove by my Daddy's farm, Edd and
Alice Bailey. I had to laugh and tell
her how I thought I played a trick on
my Dad. I was dropping peas in bet-
ween corn rows. 1 was tired - I had
never seen so many peas. I decided to
{;et rid of them. I dug a big deep hole
at the end of the row about two feet
deep and put a gallon of peas in the
deep hole.
In about a week my Dad went over
to the farm about a mile from
Gallatin. Those peas had come up.
Bless my Dad's heart ; he came home
and said, "Maye, you spilled some
peas at the end of the row, didn't
you?" I said "did I?" I never told him
1 planted them so deep 1 didn't think
they would come up, but after I
married I told him. He was telling
lioxie Box, my hubby, how I could
spill peas. Bless his heart, he said I'll
(.et you some day. He only laughed.
1 ie was the sweetest Dad any girl ever
I ad. 1 had a happy life in East Texas
si 11 my life.
When I drove up the streets of Rusk
1 rom Alto road, I passed where I had
lived with my two girls and husband.
My friend who was driving me was so
nice as I cried like a baby. Old times
were not forgotten. She took me on to
(iallatin to my niece Alline's home.
(>n Sunday afternoon we went to Myr-
tle Spring Cemetery through Ponta..
here my Uncle Joe had a general
store. My mother and father met at
Myrtle Spring at an all day church
gathering in 1885. Then two years
later they were married near there in
her mother's home in September. My
mother was born, married, and also
passed away in the month of Septem-
ber. There are also three brothers,
two sisters, uncles, aunts, my gran-
dpa and grandma Bailey buried in
My rUe Spring Cemetery.
Then we went to Taylor Cemetery
where two sisters and their husbands
are buried. We went to five
cemeteries in all. Thank God I didn't
stay at any of them. That same day
we went to Shady Grove Church, one
of the oldest churches, if not the oldest
in Rusk. When I was about six years
old, I went to school at the church. The
' eacher made me stay in because I did
By Maye Box
not know Winkey, Blinkey, and Nod.
I still don't know it. I learned just
enough of it to get me out of trouble. I
was bom about one-half mile from the
church. That was the first church I
went to. Boy,I can remember when
they had all day services and dinners
on the grounds. Boy, what a happy
childhood I did have.
I finished my schooling at Gallatin
and learned first hand business at a
school in Tyler, Texas. What a life I
had. Oh what a joy it would be to live it
all over again.
The first Sunday in Gallatin I went
to the Baptist church and saw old
friends. I was hugged and kissed by
many friends. Sunday night we went
to the Church of Christ at Gallatin and
I saw 11 more friends I went to school
with, and I also met some new people.
Monday Alline and I went to Rusk to
do some shopping. I bought a new
dress to wear to her daughter's wed-
ding. I had lunch at Richard's Cafe. I
was good food. I had dinner with some
ladies I knew.
The next day I went to Jacksonville
and stopped by a friend's house. We
enjoyed a wonderful visit. We would
drive out one road and come back on a
different road. We saw all those old
places I once visited and drove up af-
ter we were able to own a car. The
trees were so beautiful on the high-
way. What a wonderful world to live in.
We drove all through the woods near
Piney Grove where I went to church
as a little girl. The church is torn
down now, but a beautiful cemetery
where loved ones of my family and
friends are buried is still there. We
went in a wagon in my young years. I
am as.old as Jack Benny, I'll let you
guess. I crossed the little (branches)
streams where I went fishing with my
Mama. How I enjoyed the 18 days I
spent in dear old Cherokee county.
On Wednesday we went to Alline's
daughter's new home over on the
Troup highway near New Summer-
field. It was so nice and so beautifully
arranged. We visitied with friends.
Her son had a mother hog with nine
little pigs. They were so cute. This
brought back many memories of my
young childhood as I was a Daddy's
girl. I went with him many times to
hunt a mother hog and little pigs. That
was when all the stock ran in the
woods before the stock law. What a
life I have had and how wonderful it
has all been. Alline and her husband
took me to Striker Creek to eat a fish
dinner. How wonderful those 18 days
were.
I spent several days in Jacksonville
with my cousin and his wife, Mr. and
Mrs. Bailey and went to church with
Elsie also. They and her sister took
me out to Lake Jacksonville to see her
house. I rode the bus back to Houston
after the wedding. The trees were
more beautiful than on the trip up.
While at my cousin's house in
Jacksonville, I talked to Dr. Travis.
J.W. and Effie Chandler and some
other friends whom I had not seen in
51 years (we were just babies, ha!)
came over to see me.
Alline's mother-in-law petted me. I
came home a spoiled brat. Alline's
sister, Delois, baked some chicken
and brought it out to Allin's house so I
wouldn't have to cook my lunch. That
day I told Alline that I had to rest a
day or go to the cemetery to stay. (I
wanted to wait a few more days
before going to the cemetery to stay)
I met some new friends on my way
home. They asked me over for dinner.
1 came home after the most wonderful
18 days thanking God and Bro. Penny
for preaching such wonderful ser-
mons at the Baptist church. I could
just see my dear dad and mother sit-
ting n the church. When I came home
my granddaughter, Vicki, took me out
to breakfast. We enjoyed a beautiful
visit as it had been the longest time 1
had not been with her in six years. No
one ever enjoyed 18 days at any resort
more. I have been to New York,
Califronia, and all the way up the
coast to Boston, but no trip was more
enjoyed than the trip to East Texas.
I don't know if it is getting late in
life or trying to enjoy life or what;
anyway on Thanksgiving Day 1 gave
thanks that 1 had the pleasure of
spending those days in East Texas.
Iliey say you can take a girl out of the
country, but she still will be a country
girl. I have lived half of my life in
Houston, Texas and other places
where I have visited my daughters
and their families. My next visit will
be to Baltimore. Maryland and Har-
tford, Connecticut if everthing goes
O.K. Then to Los Angeles, Califronia.
Thanks to everone who said hello
and howdy to me and the ones who
hugged my neck Mr. Reagan won't
enjoy all this news you read in the
paper about him being elected
President any more.
I enjoyed my visit to dear old East
Texas, Rusk, and Gallatin, my old
home town Love and Merry Christ-
mas to all 1 said hello to. and they who
said hello to me. You are all wonder-
ful people.
from
the...
Lions Den
by E.B. Musick, Jr._
He who has three teenage daughters
and only one bathroom is truly a dirty
old man.
The Lions meeting had not even
started last Thursday when Lion Ed-
die Van Zandt told everybody that he
was the grandfather of a beautiful lit-
tle girl. Lion Ike Daniel wanted to
know if it was a boy or a girl. Tis a lit-
tle bit hard for him to understand at
times.
We have a new Lion in Mr. Joe
Daniel. Lions President Allen
Gilchrest was afraid that he would not
return after giving the program
recently and seeing what all happens
with the Rusk Lions.
Our thoughts and prayers are with
Lion David Long in his illness. At this
time he is in Scott-White for tests and
we know things are going to work out
just right for him.
Lions President Allen said there
was so much sickness in school and of
course Lion Lester Hughes was sick
too. He just had to join the crowd.
We will have one more meeting
before Christmas and today is the
day. Let us all be present one more
time.
Lion Doug Jordan introduced the
program in Lion Hughes place and it
was a group from the Rusk High
School Choir composed of Donald
Hubbard, Roger Frieda, Tony
Talbert, Christi Schuster, Lisa Moore,
Tami Talbert. Monty Berryhill, Mary
Gunter and Michelle Murray on the
old piano. Roger Frieda introduced all
and was the spokesman, or maybe it
should be spokesperson. They sang
"Tap Me On The Shoulder," "13 Little
Angels" and then Tami Tablert and
Michelle Murray sang "12 Days After
Christmas." They closed with the en-
tire group singing "I Want To Sing A
Song About Singing." They were un-
der the direction of Mrs. Gloria Dotson
who does such an outstanding job
with the choir year after year.
Lion President Allen made an an-
nouncement concerning a fund star-
ted to get some emergency type
equipment to help in instances such as
we had in an automobile wreck a few
weeks ago. This is needed very badly
and the Rusk Lions gave a donation of
$50.00.
Then he told us about the M.R.
Philbrick Scholarship Fund. It started
in 1973 and has continued to grow each
year. The original goal was $10,000
with just the interest to be used for
scholarships. Any person wanting to
make a donation to this fund could
send it to the Superintendent's Office
here in Rusk and you would be helping
some young person go to college. The
amount awarded last year was $575.00
Many times people give donations to
this fund instead of sending flowers
for a funeral. So it is so many times
we have a chance to help someone
else - let us not miss our opportunities.
The Rusk Lions also started a
scholarship to be given each year and
we are very proud of this accom-
plishment.
From Bob Orben: We have sort of a
Christmas tradition in our house. On
Christmas Eve, the kids all hang their
socks over the fireplace and when
they're sound asleep, we do somthing
very unusual with their socks. We
wash them.
If there were any justice in the
world, we'd be permitted to fly over
pigeons occasionally.
See you Thursday noon Petticoat
Junction Restaurant.
Freezing to Death
Hypothermia is just a fancy word to
describe the condition of "freezing to
death," or coming close to it.
With the advent of hunting seasons,
many hunters from Cherokee County
will be braving cold temperatures.
Protection from hypothermia should
be uppermost in their minds as they
take to the duck blind or deer stand.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department offers a free leaflet
describing the causes, symptoms and
treatment of hypothermia.
To obtain the leaflet, write the
Parks and Wildlife Department, 4200
Smith School Road, Austin, Texas
78744, or call toll-free 1-800-252-9327.
tptcd
Sticky Stuff
Good Advertisement
Syrup making season is over, but
the effects that time of the year has on
our area still live on.
Folks in Rusk and Alto owe a lot to
their neighbors Hulen and Opal
Wilcox for bringing a few more people
into this part of Texas to "look
around" and spend tourist dollars.
Imagine the advertising value a six
page spread front and center in the
Department of Highways magazine
"Texas Highways" would have for
central East Texas.
"People started coming before we
started cooking" said Wilcox. "We
needed 500 more gallons than we had-
we're still getting three and four
phone calls a day for our syrup."
When asked what he attributed this
surge in demand to, Wilcox an-
swered: "The article in the Texas
Highways magazine."
"The whole reason we came down
here to see Mr. Wilcox make his cane
syrup is because of this article we
read in Texas Highways," said one
couple from Dallas holding out the
November issue of the magazine. "We
make our vacation trip around Texas
each year based on what we read
about and find interesting in this
magazine."
The couple, who arrived before the
"cane making" season officially
opened Nov. 15. planned to continue
their tour of East Texas and return in
a week to see the mill in operation.
The story was written by free lan-
cers Randall Mallory and Sallie
Evans. Mallory also did the
photographs which accompanied the
story. Both he and Ms. Evans are
residents of Jacksonville and Ms.
Evans also works as a geriatrics ac-
tivities consultant for Town Hall
Estates and Rusk Nursing Home.
Being unable to provide cane syrup
for every person who called or wanted
a can really hurt Hulen. Even the
power of the press couldn't change the
fact that there just weren't any cans
of syrup left to be had.
"We're real sorry we didn't have
enough syrup for everybody," Wilcox
said. "Nov. 15 is starting day every
year and we want you all to come to
our mill."
And, as if to himself, Wilcox added,
"Guess we're just gonna have to start
growing more cane.
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Council Action
Is Clarified
In last week's report of the City
Council meeting, The Cherokeean in-
correctly reported that a contract
agreement had been made with Bill
Carroll to cruise the timber and act as
a consultant for the City of Rusk in the
possible sale of timber from the ap-
proximately 297 acres of land located
just off U.S. Highway 69 on FM Road
343.
City Councilman Danny Berry says
that what the council voted to do, was
hire Carroll to cruise the timber and
then the council will decide on a con-
sultant.
In the report of the council's
meeting, it was noted that Carroll was
willing to cruise the site and provide a
map of the timber stand, also the
quantity of board feet by species. For
this work, he is to be paid $733.50.
The timber consultant explained at
that meeting that should the city
decide to hire him as a consultant in
the sale of the timber, he would over-
see the advertisement for bids,
evaluate the bids, make a recommen-
dation and supervise the cutting of the
timber to keep damage to a
minimum-even taking photographs.
According to Councilman Berry, af-
ter Carroll completes his cruise, or
evaluation of what is really there, the
council will then negotiate a new con-
tract with any person of the council's
choice to act as a consultant for the
timber's sale, if the council elects to
sell.
Letters to the Editor
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Dear Editor :
While contemplating the sad death
of musician John Lennon, Americans
should realize that no "gun control"
law, no amount of restrictive firearms
legislation, could have prevented this
tragic act.
Gun laws simply cannot stop
someone who is intent upon commit-
ting murder. The suspect charged
with Mr. Lennon's murder purchased
the murder weapon in Hawaii, a state
which requires that all firearms and
ammunition be registered with local
and state authorities. The crime took
place in New York City which has
perhaps the most stringent gun laws
in the country. New York not only
requires registration and permits for
handguns, but also requires the licen-
sing of firearms owners. These
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restrictive gun laws did not stop Mr.
Lennon's murder. Additional gun
laws would not have stopped it, either.
The act, for whatever reason it was
committed, was premediated. Once
he is bent upon such a crime, a person
cannot be thwarted by an existing gun
law, nor by the passage of any ad-
ditional legislation. Murder is already
against the law.
There will be those who call for
more "gun control" laws. Such laws,
however, only restrict the law-abiding
citizen's use of firearms and will not
affect the criminal or reduce crime.
Such laws merely open the door for
civil right violations which have oc-
curred many times under the Federal
Gun Control Act of 1968. These
voilations have already resulted in 63
United States Senators calling for
reform of that gun law.
To stop crime, laws must be direc-
ted at the violent criminal. The
National Rifle Association has long
been in favor of prompt and adequate
punishment for anyone convicted of a
crime of violence. Take the criminal
off the streets. Force the criminal
justice system to be as severe as
necessary to compel the criminal to
realise that he will suffer the con-
sequences of his actions This is the
way to stop such deplorable tragedies
Sincerely your*.
Hartón R Carter
Kaectuive Vice ftreatdenl
To the People of Rusk:
The members of the First
Presbyterian Church invite all of
Rusk to join with us on Christmas Eve
at 5:15 p.m. as we celebrate the birth-
day of our Lord.
The choir has prepared special
Christmas Anthems which they will
sing to the accompaniment of organ,
flute and trumpet. We will also
celebrate the Sacrament of Holy
Communion.
We have been preparing for this
service for several weeks in the hope
that it will be a special part of our
church's celebration of Christmas.
The public is cordially invited and we
encourage people to bring family
members and friends with them.
In the midst of our frantic Christ-
mas schedules, this worship service
provides an excellent opportunity for
Christians to pause together, thanking
God in worship for His immeasurable
love given to the world in Jesus
Christ.
Sincerely yours,
Steve Plunkett, minister
First Presbyterian Church of Husk
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Singletary
Memorial Library
Hello!
December is still fine-free, and
we have still got bookless cards! if
you have a book anywhere in your
home that you know belongs to
your city library, please bring it
back. This is your chance to clear
your conscience! If you're em-
barassed to bring in the book that
was due two years ago, just drop it
in our book drop. It's open after
hours and before hours and on
weekends
New Books this week:
"Super Ideas for Youth Groups,"
I'm real excited about this book.
Anyone planning a church social or
teenage get together must check
this out Included in this book are
«kits, names, special events, ser-
vice projects and lee breakers
"Creative Ho plulltv."This is a
book for all occasions. It has party
ideas that carry you from the in-
vitations to the decorating to the
menu to the program. This book
has some precious ideas for in-
vitations and decorations; some
cute suggestions for baby showers
or holiday celebrations. Also it has
many recipes that look real ap-
pealing.
We have a new book by Charles L.
Allen, "The Secret of Abundant
living."
"The Joy of Signing" will be a
popular item. This is a beautifully
illustrated book of sign language.
I've had many requests on this sub-
ject.
New fiction, "The Jade Pagoda"
by Betty Hale Hyatt; "Lawman's
Choke" by Ray Rogan; "Aries
Itlalng" by Arthur Hersog
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