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Home of the
Jim Hogg State Historical Park
, Alto:
Home of the
Caddoan Mounds
State Historic Site
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Uierokeeaif/Herald
Texas' Oldest, Continuously Published Weekly Newspaper — Established Feb. 27,1850 as the Cherokee Sentinel
Rusk:
Home of the
Texas State Railroad
State Historical Park
• I'. 145, No. 16 - 16 Paces
Thursday, May 20. 1993
May 28 is Grad Day
Robert Marshall McClure will be
featured speaker at the Alto High
School graduation, set for 7 p.m.
May 28 at Student Field. McClure
attended Alto Elementary and Alto
High Schools, graduating from AHS
in 1952. He attended Texas A&M
College of Engineering briefly before
transferring to the University of
Texas. McClure recieved a Bachelor
of Arts in Mathematics from UT in
1955 and a PhD in Electrical Engi-
neering from UT in 1963. While in
college, McClure was a member of
Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Phi
honor societies.
In March of 1958, McClure mar-
ried Dorothy Ann Payne at Dallas.
The McClures have two children,
Sharon Elisabeth"Lisa" born April,
1959 and Lawrence Marshall "Larry"
who was born in April of 1960. The
Chris Davis is named
acting Precinct 2 JP
Robert Marshall
McClure
Area News Brief
Big Winner!
Dewane Wallace of Jacksonville,
formerly of Rusk, was a $50,000
winner in the Texas Million Dollar
Drawing recently.
Wallace is the son of Doyle and
Margie Wallace of Rusk. He is em-
ployed at L&L Ford and purchased
his winning ticket at Food Fast in
Jacksonville.
ALTO GRADUATION-The Alto
High School graduation will be held
at 7 p.m. May 28, at the Alto Foot-
ball Field or the High School Gym.
WELLS GRADUATION-The
Wells High School graduation will
be held at 8 p.m. May 28, at the
Wells School Auditorium. The Vale-
dictorian and Salutatorian will be
announced at the graduation.
HOMECOMING-The Salem
Homecoming will be held at 10 a.m.
May 23 at the Salem Missionary
Baptist Church. Dinner will be held
on the grounds. An offering for up-
keep of the Salem Cemetery will be
taken.
CHURCH HOLDS SINGING
The public is invited to a Singing at
Alto First Baptist Church from 1:30
to 3 p.m., Sunday according to the
Pastor, Jerry Carroll.
FREE FUN--Adventure II of
Rusk will produce their sixth an-
nual Miniature Horse Show at 9:56
a.m. on both Saturday and Sunday
May 22-23 at the Angelina Expo
Center in Lufkin.
SPORTS BANQUET-The Alto
Sports Banquet has beeh re-sched-
uled for 7 p.m. Saturday, May 22,
due to the Yellowjacket's Baseball
team going to Bi-District play on
Friday night against Joaquin at 6
p.m. at SFA Field. Banquet tickets
can be purchased at the school office.
RHS HIGH SCHOOL SOFT-
BALL GAME: The RHS coaching
staff has challenged the boys and
girls senior athletes to a Softball
game beginning at 8 p.m. Thurs-
day, May 20 at the Rusk High School
Baaebal Field. There is a $1 admis-
. sion charge. All interested persons
'are invited to come and watch.
EAGLES BOYS BASKETBALL
CAMP: An Eagles Boys Basketball
Camp for ages K - eighth grade is
scheduled at 4 p.m. May 31 - June
4. There is a $30 entry fee which
includes receiving an Eagles
baskeball and T-shirt. Students
can sign up at the baseball field or
bring their money to the their PE
teacher at school. For more informa-
• tion contact Coach Marks I<anham
at 683-3434 or 4025.
BI DI8TRICT BASEBALL
GAME-- A Bi-District playoff game
between Arp and Cayuga is slated
for 6 p.m. Friday at the Rusk High
School Baseball field.
Chris Davis of Alto has been
named acting Justice of the Peace
for Precinct 2. His appointment by
County Judge Craig Caldwell was
announced at the Monday meeting
of the Commissioners Court. Davis
was sworn in at the meeting and
assumed his duties immediately.
Members of the commissioners
court set Davis's salary at $1,448
monthly, which is the base pay for
justices of the peace. The county is
required by law to continue with
payment of salary and benefits for •
Dalford Stewart, the elected JP.
Stewart's salary is $1,448 monthly.
Davis was appointed to the posi-
tion to act in the place of Stewart,
who is suffering from cancer and is
unable to perform duties of Justice
of the Peace.
In another matter, Caldwell an-
nounced that he has had conversa-
tion with Precinct 3 JP Ray Patton's
doctor. Patton's doctor has indicated
that Patton also is unable to per-
form his duties. Caldwell says that
if he receives a letter from this doc-
tor, then the appointment of an-
other JP will be forthcoming.
In another matter, commission-
ers authorized expenses for the June
5 Senatorial Election. Early voting
has been scheduled for May 19 until
June 1 at the Cherokee County
Clerk's office in the courthouse and
the Jacksonville Senior Citizens
Building. Early voting will be con-
ducted from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. each
weekday during the period.
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THE ALTO AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE will hold a family picnic from 1
to 4 p.m. Sunday at the site of the Zebulon Pike Campsite close to the
Caddoan Mounds on Highway 21 West of Alto. The public is Invited to attend
the picnic, to bring lunch, kites and frisbees, according to chamber spokes-
men.
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Alio Chamber hosts family picnic
The shady tree site at the Old
Well and Zebulon Pike Campsite
will be the setting for the first an-
nual family picnic hosted by the
Alto Area Chamber of Commerce,
from 1 to 4 p.m. this coming Sunday,
located close to the Caddoan Mounds
State Historical Site on Highway 21
six miles west of Alto. The general
public is invited to attend the picnic,
as well as chamber members and
their families, according to cham-
ber spokesmen.
David Turner, park superinten-
dent and a chamber director, will
give a talk and demonstration of
authentic replica tools, weapons, etc.
used by the Caddos who settled in
this area about A.D. 800.
According to historians, the Early
Caddos flourished until the 13th
century when they suddenly aban-
doned the area. Texas Parks and
Wildlife acquired Caddoan Mounds
for its significance as an important
pre historical cultural resource. It
consists of two temple mounds, a
burial mound and a large portion of
the adjacent village area.
The museum, with admission of
$2 for adults and $1 children age 6-
12, features an audio-visual pro-
gram and life size diorama depict-
ing life as the Caddos lived it in this
area for 500 years. Plus artifacts
that have been uncovered by
archeologist's shovels.
Life at Caddoan Mounds appar-
ently centered on the religious, po-
litical, and economic practices of the
"elite" ruling class, who lived on or
around the ceremonial temple
mounds. The common people of the
village and surrounding farming
hamlets grew and harvested food for
the settlement and provided the la-
bor force to construct mounds and
temples. At their zenith, ca. A.D.
1,100, the Early Caddos had attained
the most highly developed prehis-
toric culture known within the
present state of Texas.
According to chamber spokesmen,
the Caddoan Mounds State Histori-
cal Site was selected for the annual
membership banquet, held this year
in the form of a family picnic, so that
Altonions who have not taken the
opportunity to visit this important
part of Alto's history, can set aside
an afternoon to do just that.
The picnic site, on the Weeping
Mary Road just east of the Caddoan
Mounds, is set under the shady trees
at the site of the Old Well and the
Zebulon Pike Capsite. This site is
also historically important to this
area. It was on June 23, 1807 that
the explorer, Zebulon Pike (for
whom Pike's Peak in Colorado was
later named) camped on this site
while on an expedition to explore
the headwaters of the Arkansas and
Red Rivers and to report on Span-
ish settlements. Heading south from
Colorado, the party was arrested by
Spanish authorities. Under escort
back to the United States, the party
camped at this site. The Pike expe-
dition furnished an important ac-
count of Spanish Texas and New
Mexico.
Tables will be set up and families
are encouraged to bring kites and
frisbees along with their picnic
lunches. Over 94 clear acres are the
perfect setting for kite flying, said
Turner. There is no charge to come
to the picnic.
Persons are invited to join the
Alto Area Chamber of Commerce.
Individual memberships are $15
and businesses are $25. Chamber
President Dean Crosby will give a
brief update on the chamber activi-
ties and tell the status of the LCTX
petition drive that will allow for
toll-free calling bet ween Alto, Wells
and Lufkin. For more information
about the picnic, contact Turner at
858-3218.
Rusk, Texas 75785
McClures presently reside in Ever-
green, Colorado.
From 1956-57 McClure was a
Graduate Teaching Assistant at the
University of Texas. He was a mem-
ber of the technical staff of Texas
Instruments in 1957-62 and 1964-
66. McClure was an associate pro-
fessor at Southern Methodist Uni-
versity in Dallas in 1967-68 and
president and Chairman of Telpar,
Inc. Dallas, from 1969-72.
The years from 1972 to 1976 saw
the family moving from Texas to
Virginia and California, where
McClure was a consultant in com-
puter technology. He formed his
own company, Unidot, Inc. an engi-
neering and software development
company in California and moved
the firm to Colorado in 1982 where
it continues today.
Local citizens will remember Rob-
ert McClure for his generous dona-
tion to the Stella Hill Memorial
Library in Alto which made pos-
sible the microfilming of old copies
of the Alto Herald. The microfilms
are used extensively by persons re-
searching geneology roots, and for
much information that would oth-
erwise be lost.
McClure will be warmly wel-
comed by his hometown and is ex-
pected to bring an inspiring and
encouraging message to this year's
Alto High School graduates.
In case of rain, the graduation
ceremony will be held in the high
school gymnasium.
Hat Breakfast is set
Tickets are still available for the Second Annual Hat Breakfast to
be held Friday, May 28, beginning at 7:30 a.m. at the Courthouse
Cafeteria.
The Breakfast serves as the kickoff event for the annual Fair on the
Square. Tickets are $4.50 each.
Everyone attending will be required to wear a hat and may enter
one or more of the four contest categories-Oldest Hat, Most Original
Hat, Most Patriotic Hat and Most Beautiful Hat.
"Serving will begin promptly at 7:30 a.m. and the judging will be
conducted informally to allow those whose work day begins at 8 a.m.
to make it to work on time. But we want guests to feel free to stay and
visit as long as their schedules allow," Bays Mary Buchanan, co-
chairman with Jane Edwards.
Tickets hre available at State Farm Insurance, Memories An-
tiques, Sable and Stitchery Craft Mall and the Rusk Antique Coop.
Rusk council adopts
building safety code
Members of the Rusk City Coun-
cil adopted an ordinance Thursday
evening, which amends the code of
ordinances of the city to provide for
a new chapter entitled UnsafeBuild-
ings.
The ordinance will provide for
minimum standards for continued
use and occupancy of all buildings.
It defines unsafe buildingB, provid-
ing requirements for notice to re-
sponsible parties; provides for a
public hearing; notification of the
city for the securing, repair, removal
or demolition of unsafe buildings;
provides for severability; for a pen-
alty for violation and a saving clause.
The ordinance outlines who is the
responsible party; defines unsafe
building; unsafe building declared
a nuisance; enforcement officers; in-
spection of building; notice to re-
pair; public hearing; assessment of
expenses and penalties; liability;
cumulative remedies; effective date;
and presence of substandard hous-
ing and other structures.
Violators can be fined up to $2,000
per day in some instances.
In another matter, council mem-
bers heard from a group of property
owners ift the Mountain Oaks Sub-
division concerning the enactment
of building codes for the area. Com-
plaints were voiced concerning the
construction of a home with a galva-
nized steel roof.
A number of the property owners
said the other houses in the subdivi-
sion had shingle roofs and they
thought continuation of the shingles
roofs in future buidings would be
advisable. Some expressed fear of
•See City code p. 16
Welcome mat is out
By Charlie Maple
Cherokee County is rolling out
the welcome mat to visitors during
special fetes aimed at closing out a
busy East Texas spring and open-
ing the door to a busy summer.
The Rusk Fair on the Square in
downtown Rusk is scheduled for
Saturday, May 29. Supplementing
the activity will be Saturday and
Sunday steam train trips from the
depots of the Texas State Railroad
at Rusk and Palestine.
Highlighting the event will be a
10 K run and a street dance at 8
p.m. Saturday night. The weekend
also will include auto races Sunday
at 9 a.m. at the Thunder Mountain
Motor Plex near Rusk and three
performances of "Sherlock Holmes
Last Case" to be Friday and Satur-
day, May 28 and 29 at 8 p.m. and
Sunday, May 30, at 2 p.m.
A week earlier--on Saturday, May
22~ a music fest will be unfurled at
the Rusk High School Gym begin-
ning at 6 p.m. The event will fea-
tured the Neches River boys, the
Greavers and several Gospel
groups. A spokesman reports that
the program will include gospel,
blue grass, country and rock and
roll music.
Inquiries about the events can be
directed to the Rusk Chamber of
Commerce at 903/683-4242.
The state railroad's ancient steam
trains will depart at 11 a.m. Satur-
days and Sundays from Rusk and
Palestine, offering 50-mile trips.
However, the Memorial Day
weekend will kick off the railroad's
summer season. Starting Memo-
rial day and including the months
of June and July, the steamer will
make runs Thursday through Mon-
day. The trains will not run Tues-
days and Wednesdays, but the res-
ervation office will be open.
Information and reservations
may be obtained by calling 1-800-
442-8951 in Texas or 903/683-2561
•See TSR p. 16
Time Square has nothing on Rusk
By Stephanie Caveness
Time Square visitors watch a de-
scending ball on New Year's Eve,
but they have nothing on the action
taking place in the East Texas town
of Rusk the Saturday before Memo-
rial Day May 29.
The seventh annual Fair on the
Square will feature a street basket-
ball tourney for the second year in a
row. The all day round-ball event is
part of a day of fun for the entire
family. At 6:30 a.m., there will be a
10K and family fun run kickoff. At 9
a.m. basketball teams gather at sites
all over the city and then Rusk Re-
ally begins to Bounce. Music, food,
over 100 crafts booths, antiques and
historic tours are available for visi-
tors. At 8 p.m. Saturday the annual
Btreet dance takes place under the
stars oq the square. On Sunday
Thunder Mountain features motor-
cycle and four wheeler races.
Throughout the weekend the his-
toric Texas State Railroad runs from
Rusk to Palestine.
All in all, Rusk's Fair on the
Square is the most action-packed
scene in Texas. Bounce, beauty and
history at the Best Street Party in
Texas Call 903/683-4242 for mote
information.
Parks will have booth at Fair on Square
By John Garbutt
Jim Hogg State Historical Park,
Rusk/Palestine State Park,
Caddoan Mounds State Historical
Park and Mission Tcyas State His-
torical Park will have a booth at
the Rusk Fair on the Square, May
29. The booth will offer the public
the opportunity to obtain informa-
tion about state parks and pur-
chase of a Texas Conservation Pass-
port--"Your Passport to Family
Fun, Adventure and Memories."
Area citizens are asked to stop by
and take advantage of this oppor-
tunity to talk with Texas Parks
and Wildlife employees about state
parks and purchase a Texas Con-
servation Passport.
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Congratulations 1993 Graduates!
Alto & Wells - See photos pgs. 8-9-10
(Coming next week: RHS Seniors)
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