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Pape Two-CHEROKEEAN/HERALD oí Rusk, Texas—Thursday, March 25,1993
April is designated
Rusk Clean-up Month
PARK WATSON DAY in Jacksonville is declared by Mayor Oene Brumbelow. The
signed proclamation designating March 10 as Park Watson Day is presented to
Watson, right, by Mayor Brumbelow. -staff photo
Scene... in passing
LETTER TO
THE EDITOR
April has been designated as
Clean up Month in Rusk. Members
of the Rusk City Council have au-
thorized the location of two 40-
yard trash dumpsters at the City
Warehouse and one 40-yard
dumpster at Conley Park through-
out the month.
The dumpsters will be available
for all kinds of trash except tires
and batteries.
Plans for the City wide cleanup
were made at the March 10 council
meeting.
In other matters, the council ap-
proved a bid from L&L ford for two
pickup trucks for the water and
sewer department. Cost is $11,736
each, or a total bid of $23,472.
In another matter, a special use
permit was granted to Doris E.
DuBose for the operation of a bed
and breakfast facility at 1203 East
Fifth Street, Rusk.
A police report showed that 59
arrests were made during the
month, eight accidents investigated
and 246 tickets issued.
Arrests included 19 public in-
toxication, 12 city warrants, five
trafile, four DPS warrants, four
unlawful carrying a weapon, three
criminal trespass, two possession
of marijuana, two aggravated as-
sault, two disorderly conduct, one
each for a county warrant, Jack-
sonville PD warrant, failure to iden-
tify to a peace officer, driving while
intoxicated, Henderson County
warrant and ii\jury to a child.
Tickets included 87 speeding, 50
no liability insurance, 34 failure to
take truck route, 19 expired license
plate, 12 no driver's license, 12
unsecured by safety belt; 10 ex-
pired inspection sticker, nine run-
ning stop sign/red light, four ex-
pired driver's license, two minor in
possession and one each for dis-
playing fictitious license place, no
vehicle registration, public intoxi-
cation, failure to yield right of way,
defective equipment, exhibition of
acceleration and theft by shoplift-
ing.
BOOK NOOK
Sing hi" ry Memorial
Library Report
By Peggy McArthur
Did you see Spring slip in last
week? Quietly...uncelebrated. But
the passing scene continues to re-
flect the change of seasonq.
Many of you will remember a visi-
tor to this ofllce last week. He is C J.
"Shorty" Hagler who served as the
FFA instructor at Maydelle from
1950 to 1960. With his wife, Robbie,
the couple was in town visiting on
spring break. He is still an AG
teacher at Linden, the school to
which he went in 1960. But he says
Rusk will always be like home to
them. They enjoyed a visit with
Peggy Abernathy whose late hus-
band, Alton, had been Shorty's
good friend. He also remembered
one of our staff members from that
era, Bruce Gates. The Haglers
and Gates shared a duplex over on
U.S. 69 near the Texaco Station.
There were many memories to be
shared in a brief time, especially
since their visit coincided with the
annual livestock show. This had
been a project of great support from
the Maydelle youth while Shorty
was their instructor. Said he hoped
to see Adon Duncan and visit some
friends in Alto before going back
home.
Ed VanZandt was another Rusk
visitor last week with his wife, Mary,
from Beaumont. They came to visit
her sister, Frances Boone, and
other kin in the area...and to plan
their family reunion this summer.
Ed is now one of those busily retired
guys! Golf gets more of his atten-
tion!
Special guests to this office
Wednesday were the former pub-
lisher of the Conroe Courier and
owner of the radio station there,
Rigby Owen and his son, Rigby
Jr. Now removed from the media
business altogether, they focus on
financial investments. They were
here to pttend the funeral of their
longtime bookkeeper's husband,
Shlrl Collins.
And what happened to friend
Charlie Christopher? Well, he was
out taking care of the .livestock Fri-
day afternoon when he realized he
wasn't feeling too well. His good
judgement and a speedy helicopter
saved his Ufe. He is hospitalized at
Mother Frances in Tyler and
stable. Surgery is a consideration,
but more on that later. What he
thought, and had done, about his
usual Saturday routine, tells every-
one what kind of a super guy Mr. C.
really is! He had son Danny call
Wallace-Thompson and tell them
he would not be able to come in for
work! Everyone hopes to see his
smiling face back at work soon, over
at WaUace-Thompson!
Many continue to need good
thoughts and prayers including
Mildred and J.C. Turney and
Lucille Heard.
Among the many out of town folks
here for the Cherokee County
Junior Livestock Show was
Debra Richards of Lake Charles,
La. She was smiling \fith happiness
for niece, Rheagan tPenn, neph-
ews, Eric and Wes and brother-in-
law, Ray.
A.N. Walley, without whom the
stock show would not be the same,
basked in the obvious success of the
event Saturday. He said his long-
time friend, another supporter of all
agribusiness-Foster Brewer-is
under the weather. He and his Mrs.
have been respected ag leaders for a
very long time in this county.
Remember Ed and Evelyn Kiely?
They were found busy as bees at
their printing company Friday. Two
very special people. They were look-
ing forward to the return of their
staff member from vacation, George
Winshlp-who with wife Nan, sons,
Nathan and Andrew, enjoyed a tour
of areas in Southwest Texas.
Kenneth L. Henderson spent a
few days last week visiting in the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
William D. Hicks. He wason spring
break from Alief ISD.
Congratulations are in order to
Kenneth White of Augusta, Geor-
gia and Margie Price Brown of
Houston who celebrated their birth-
days March 19. A dinner in their
honor was at Luby's Cafeteria in
Houston. Those in attendance were
the honorees Onedia Price Fuller
of Houston, Betty Christopher
and Tracy Christopher of Rusk.
Donna Taylor and family, Gloria
Joseph, and family of Houston.
Crystal Vaught traveled to
Centerpoint to participate in a
United Way Child Care Seminar
this past weekend. Crystal learned
different techniques and fundamen-
tals on how to help and work with
disabled children in hopes of help-
ing as a volunteer this summer at
the United Way Summer Camp for
the disabled children.
Dear Editor:
I would like to take this opportu-
nity to thank Emmett Whitehead
for his hard work recently regard-
ing the possible closure of Rusk State
Hospital. I realize there were many
people involved. However, with
Emmett's contacts in Austin, it was
much easier to personally talk to
our Senator, State Representative
and Speaker of the House. We are
sometimes quick to forget our com-
munity leaders and the work they
do.
Again thanks,
Bill Collum
City Manager
Forestry meeting slated
Clute's son visits Russia
Charles Clute, son of the Rev.
Wayne and Thelma Clute of Rusk
went with a group of members from
the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in
tyler to Russia. They will cany the
gospel to about six or eight churches.
Charles Clute will be in Riga
Latvia up by the Baltic Sea, his
parents say. He has called them
and said there is a light covering of
snow in the area.
His wife, Carolyn, made a num-
ber of small needle point ducks and
inserted a hard candy and scrip-
ture verse of John 3:16 in Russia.
Each man and preacher took five
sermons with them, as well as all
the Bibles they were allowed to take.
By Jack L. White
County Extension Agent
Africanized Honey Bees, Fire
Ants, and Money, all are topics of
the upcoming forestry meeting. All
are good reasons to attend!
The spring meeting of the Forest
Landowners Association will be held
Saturday, April 3. The location will
once again, be the Summers Norman
Activity Center in Jacksonville. Ac-
tivities are scheduled to begin with
registration at 8 a.m. and conclude
by noon. No lunch is planned for this
meeting.
Topics will include; "Fire Ants and
their Management". The speaker
will be Dr. Bastiaan Drees. Dr. Drees
is an entomology specialist with the
Texas Agricultural Extension Ser-
vice, based at Texas A&M Univer-
sity.
"Killer Bee Update" will be dis-
cussed by Dr. Charles Cole of Texas
A&M University also. Dr. Cole is an
entomologist with the Texas Agri-
cultural Extension Service.
The final topic of the day will be
the "Stewardship Incentives Pro-
gram" presented by Tom Boggus of
the Texas Forest Service. This is the
cost/share program of the future. It
is geared to the total management of
your property, not just pine trees.
The Stewardship Incentives Pro-
gram will provide assistance on the
following; hardwood plantings, for-
est improvement, erosion control,
fish and wildlife habitat improve-
ment, and recreational enhance-
ment.
If you plan to attend, or if you wish
additional information, please call
the Texas Forest Service office in
Jacksonville. Their phone number is
(903) 586-7545.
This looks like an excellent meet-
ing that will answer many questions
that are floating around today. I hope
that you will plan on being there and
bringing a friend.
LIBRARY HOURS; Monday
from 2 to 7. Tuesday from noon to 5.
Wednesday from 10 to 3. Thursday
and Friday from noon to 5.
STORY TIME: Wednesday from
10:30 to 11, ages three to six in-
vited.
SAM HOUSTON? Texans seem
to accept the book SWORD OF SAN
JACINTO: AUFE OF SAM HOUS-
TON, by Marshall DeBruhl, as the
best to come out during this 200th
birthday year of the Texas hero.
John Hoyt Williams titles his biog-
raphy of Houston SAM HO USTON: .
A BIOGRAPHY OF THE FATHER 1
OF TEXAS. Many of our readers
love Texas History. Read them both
and decide which one you think is
the most accurate!
HOME IMPROVEMENT IN-
TEREST YOU? A new book by the
Sunset publishers is DECORAT-
ING WITH PAINT AND WALL
COVERING. Are you aware of the
care your home needs? THE COM-
PLETE GUIDE TO UNDER-
STANDING AND CARING FOR
YOUR HOME, by James Madorma,
helps correct your lack of under- ,■
standing. Do you want to conserve ' I
or restore a home? MARTHA
STEWART'S NEW OLD HOUSE is
a beautiful new book that gives all
you need to know to make your
home lovely.
PLANTING A GARDEN? If
space is a problem, Mel
Bartholomew's SQUAREFOOT
GARDENING instructs you in plan-
ning a great garden in a small place.
FICTION: APACHE AUTUMN,
Robert Skimin, is the story of the
triumphs and tragedies of the
Chihenne Apache and of Lazaro,
Carlota, and their son Andres.
Lazaro, and Andres help Geronimo
inflame the frontier against the
whites. A new courtroom novel is
DEGREE OF GUILT, by Richard
North Patterson. Was it really mur-
der? What secrets of the past can be
found? Can Christopher Paget suc-
cessfully defend the television jour-
nalist accused of the crime?
Rusk VFD News.
JUDGES SEMINAR Friday at Rusk State Hospital was well attended. During a break
Doug Rudd, Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Mental Health Services, Anderson
County Judge Ballard McDonald and Wilson Lilley, director of the Anderson-
Cherokee County Mental Health Clinic discuss the day's activities. County Judges,
sheriff and other county staff and mental health/mental retardation center
personnel from the 28-county East Texas-Gulf Coast region attended. Highlighting
the discussion time were changes in commitment procedures for persons served
By James Hagen
To those of you who may have
missed last week's article, let me
apologize, due to an unexpected trip
to Pasadena. I was unable to get an
article in by press time. However, I
will do my best to catch you up on
everything that has happened in
the last two weeks.
Starting back on March 8, we had
two auto accidents at the same time,
one at 68 and 84, the other on Main
Street in front of Rusk Auto. An-
other accident occurred out in the
county during this time, but the
deputy on the scene informed us
that our assistance would not be
needed. Long time resident and fire-
man Thomas Parsons was on duty
that day and he could not remem-
ber ever having three accidents oc-
cur at the same time in the past. I
guess you could call that a record,
let's hope it never gets broken. On
March 9, firemen responded to an-
other auto accident and a grass fire.
Then on March 14, we were called
to another accident and a brush
fire. The brush fire was near New
Summer field, and had spread toan
old log barn. Due to ground condi-
tions in the area, firemen from New
Summerfield and Rusk were un-
able to reach the barn, but thanks
to the help of Reklaw and their
small four wheel drive fire truck
the blaze was extinguished.
On March 15, we had an Air One
assist and a structure fire at Bill's
Appliance. The fire at Bill's Appli-
ance is still under investigation.
Firemen responded to Air One as-
sists on March 16 and 17.
We also had a grass fire and an
Air One assist on March 18, and
finished up this two week period
with an Air One assist on the 19th.
"Whew!" am I glad that's over.
It's nice to know you are needed,
but let's hope next week will be
better.
at RSH, including phasing out of substance abusers.
Rube Sessions
Memorial Library
By: LeNell Cárter
-staff photo
Forget injuries, never forget
kindne* .
-Confucius
Mistrust a subordinate who
never finds fault with his supe-
rior.
- John Churton Collins
The Rube Sessions Memorial Li-
brary will have open house from 10
a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday, March
27. The event is planned to be held
in conjunction with the Wells Home-
coming.
There will be a drawing for door
prizes and a book sale is planned to
be held at the library. Books to be
donated back to the library, will be
available for purchase in memory
of or in honor of loved ones or friends.
The Library Board gave a memo-
rial in memory of Bei\jamin Wilson.
Book Briefs: "Power in the
Blood" by Greg Matthews: In the
year 1869, in Schenectady, N.Y., an
abandoned, impoverished wife dies,
leaving behind three children, Zoe
and her brothers Clayton and Drew.
They are sent out West on one of the
so-called orphan trains-a cruel phi-
lanthropy of (he time which pro-
vided household and farm help to
pioneer families. The Dugan chil-
dren separated, adopted by couples
fn three different states and imme-
diately lost contract with one an-
other. The author takes readers
along with the vivid chareters on a
truly epic journey across the wild-
est of landscapes.
"Texas Crossings" by Howard
R. Lamar, was presented to the
library by the Cherokee County
Historical Commission. "This is not
a place, it is a commotion!" ex-
claimed one early visitor to the
state, underscoring the mobility
and "get-ahead" spirit that have
always characterized Texas and its
people. In these thought-provok-
ing essays, the author looks spe-
cifically at the "crossings" that have
characterized Texas history to see
what effect these migrations to and
through Texas have had on Texas,
the Southwest and links between
California. Texas Crossing explains
what brought the people to Texas
and what they carried away with
them to California and the West.
Library hours are from 9 a.m. to
6 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday and
from 10 a.m. until noon on Satur-
days.
Quote from Mark Twain: "All you
need in this life is ignorance and
confidence, and then success is
sure."
Everything happens to every-
body sooner or later if there is
time enough.
-George Bernard Shaw
It is better to know nothing
than to know what ain't so.
-Josh Billings
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