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by Marie Whitehead
Cherokeean/Herald editor
"Habit i the heart of rou-
tine."
But you knew that, didn't you?
So, whether we intend to or not,
all of us evolve some kind of a
routine. We stretch when we first
awaken. We coffee up, breakfast
up, read maybe, take a walk.
Whatever it is that we do, it is a
fair guess to say that each of our
days begins with a semblance of
the same routine. Habit. It is no
wonder that emphasis is placed
from early childhood on the value
of developing "good habits." Some
are daily. Some only occasional.
Yet a habit. And here is one of
your writer's weekly habits...
underway ... sharing my thoughts
verbalized and others' shared
words for your pleasure in reading,
for your information even !
One of the nice habits of our sun
is to rise every day. It goes without
saying that the calendar of time
rolls on, too. But some of our folks
just smile at time's passage and
live as if... life is forever. Here's
an example. Birdie Jones lives at
212 North Sycamore, not far from
downtown Rusk. And she has
created a garden of flowers that is
like a life-sized bouquet. A picture
from Southern Living. It is worth
the trip detour for you to feast
your eyes! She and her sister
operated a women's ready to wear
shop on the West Side of the
Square for many years. Likewise,
her late husband, Forest, pre-
sided at a men's barber shop near
our office for many years. They are
among the people we met early on
when we arrived in 1950. She
continues to serve in a part-time
capacity at Citizens First, keeping
her talents at work in a productive
role. It is with heartfelt gratitude
that we acknowledge the "tip"
about this beautiful display of
flowers! Shared by a beautiful
person.
Elsewhere this issue you should
find a story about a planned trip.
Virginia Davis, formerly of Alto,
now Houston, is putting it together
for Seniors. You just may be able
to turn loose of present habits,
form a new travel habit, and share
the fun of such a journey! In her
note, Virginia was complimentary
of Scene, saying "It's our way of
keeping up with people we know."
Well, we want you-all to know as
much as possible, of course, but we
really, really do want you to read
Scene! It's for you, and if you have
something to share, your news is
very welcomed, and appreciated!
Here's another note from
Nannie Lee Lovell over
Grapeland way. ¡She sent a news
item about the revival planned at
Weches Baptist Church. Their
guest speaker will be Bro.
Charles Haley who is known by
SCENE
many folks in this area. She says,
"I'm sure some will want to come
hear him." The church pastor is
Bro. Kenneth Mobley.
It was great to hear from John
Allen Templeton last week. He is
chairman of the county's Historical
Commission and a kind of adjunct-
writer for this publication. We
eagerly open mail from him!
Mostly good news! But this time,
he said he had been dealing with a
severe bursitis seizure since the
end of April. Lost 12 pounds, bad
news; feeling better and has
gained seven of them back, GOOD
news! He is wished continued
improvement.
A visitor to the office last week
was happy Grandmom Sarah
Shields. She was "talked into"
pulling out her photos and letting
us see Grand Boy Zachary who
lives with his parents, of course, at
Midland.
Apologies go to The Methodist,
Bro. Everett McColIum, for the
omission of his column, "Wit 'n
Wisdom" last week. It was the
second part of a two-part series,
unless he makes it three. Anyway,
it was a case of unintentional,
human error, and we don't even
mind your complaints! That says
you like reading him!
Here's a big "thank you" to
Joanna Williams Lee for sharing
with us a copy of a story in the
Houston Chronicle, July 2, issue. A
former Ruskite, James T. (Jim to
us) Sartain, and his company, J-
Hawk, is part of the story featured
in more than 100 inches of space!
Now, that's a long story! Jim is
president of J-Hawk, a holding
company. He and his partners
have accomplished a business
arrangement which the
Chronicle's headline proclaimed,
"Back from bankruptcy." Writer
Pamela Yip reported Sartain's
company showed its aggressive
pursuit when it snatched First
City Bancorporation of Texas from
other suitors while First City was
looking for a way to get out of
bankruptcy court. "On Monday,
what remains of the once-huge
Houston bank holding company
will emerge from bankruptcy
protection to become FirstCity
Financial Corp., the holding
company for J-Hawk. First City
officials have applied for the
company's stock to trade on
Nasdaq," wrote Ms. Yip. Well, the
lengthy story was mostly a high
finance explanation of how to take
lemon (a bad deal) and make
lemonade (a good deal). And even
better is that we know how proud
of Jim is his mom, Evalee
Sartain, and the other family
members. He grew up across the
street from Joanna who is the
The Top Shelf
Rube Sessions Memorial Library
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by LeNell Carter
SPECIAL TO THE CHEROKEEAN/HERALD
The summer reading program at
the Rube Sessions Memorial Library
in Wells recently began the second
month. Story time is Tuesday at 10
a.m. at the library. Some children
have already read more than the 12
books required to receive a Texas
reading certificate. Deadline is Aug.
31 to complete the reading program.
Helpers with story time include
GerriÚ Bartlett and Joni Hicks; Geri
Cartwright and Karen Shumaker;
Harlan Neal and special guest Yana
Pounders Bullock and the Pine Cone
mascot; Greg Sanchez of the Lufkin
Department of Public Safety and
the Robot, along with KTRE-tv.
Attendance during June waB 26
children and 49 adults. The library
distributed 374 books to 276 per-
*
sons.
In time for the reading program,
the library received 25 new books
for elementary and easy readers.
Three newer books include:
"Things Change" by Troy Aikman;
written for junior and teenage read-
ers; "Let Me Call You Sweetheart"
by Mary Higgins Clark, her newest
book; and "Gone South" by Robert
McCammon, a highly recommended
title.
Memorials in June include:
• Mary and Coy Smith in memory
of Steven Petty
• Mr. and Mrs. Ray Polk in memory
of John Gardemal
• Mr. and Mrs. Ferril D. Smith in
memory of Mr. and Mrs. CookSmith
It's not too late to join the fun at
the Sessions Library and receive a
reading certificate.
The last day of story time is July
25, but we encourage everyone to
continue reading this summer.
Dyess family share
annual family reunion
The descendants of the late Mr.
and Mrs. V. L. Dyess met for their
annual family reunion July 4 at the
Camp House of Forest and Rita
Dyess of Rusk. Sixty six family mem-
bers and seven visitors were present
to enjoy eating, fishing, basketball,
volleyball, picture taking and visit-
ing.
Present were Mrs. RachelTrahan,
sister of Mrs. Dyess and her hus-
band, Harold, also Ethel Grimes, all
of Jacksonville; Forest and Rita
Dyess, hosts, and their family Kenny
and D'Ann, Jody and Jennifer Dyess,
Gary, Terrie, Meagan, Forest and
Garrett Jones of Rusk.
Also, R. S. and Esther Dyess, Steve
and Theresa Dyess, Mark, Debbie,
Stacy and Brad Welch, Terry, Lisa,
Kimberly and Brent Jones, Stacy,
Janae, Crystal and Trenton Halbert,
Mrs. Catherine Kennedy, all of Rusk.
Other family members included
Patsy Martin of The Colony, Texas;
Johnny, Gloria, Crystal and Sarah
Martin, Gallatin; Patsy Grimes,
Tyler; Betin, Paula, Daniel, David
and Lesa Maldonado, Tyler; Paul
and Mary Dyess, Flint; George,
Louella, Jenny, Kevin and Heather
Simmons, Neches.
Also, Joe, Martha, Jeff and JoAnn
Parsley, Michael, Cheryl and
Nickolas Parsley all of BlacKjack;
Nita and Justin Mclntyre, Hunts-
ville; Rodney, Cathy, James and
Jacob Newman, Maydelle; Wayne,
Kathy, Aaron and Amanda Dyess,
Carrollton.
Visitors were Toni Simmons,
Neches; Dave McCormick, Jackson-
ville; Ginger Clement, The Colony,
Homer Dickey, Troup; Carrie
Henderson, Jacksonville; Ron Burns,
Cannon, Texas and Ronnie Gates,
Rusk.
daughter of John Claiborne and
Betty Williams. The two neigh-
bors finished high school together
in 1967. Jim's dad, the late Tom
Sartain, would be mighty pleased,
too.
To shift gears here for a minute,
do you remember that we used to
have writers/reporters, from rural
communities? Like Atoy, Linwood,
Reklaw and the list goes on. Well,
in our work world, these writer/
reporter people were called
"country correspondents." Now
comes Wilma Johnson Hansen,
formerly of Alto, now Houston,
with some helpful words for this
space. (You know, she has been a
big help of late!) So, we may have
to change our views on the "cc's" of
the past, and encourage Wilma to
contribute every time she feels like
it, only as a "city correspondent!"
This is an adaptive attitude, I
think! Anyway, she sent to us the
obituary of Dr. John Irvin
Moses, formerly of Alto, elsewhere
this issue. And she commented on
our recent report from Alto's past.
She says that Lena Muckleroy
was known as Mimi and she had
two daughters. One of them was
Mae Birdsong, referred to last
week, in the grocery business and
an Alto Yellowjacket booster! The
other daughter was Ruby Boyd.
Wilma continued to reminisce.
"Frank Ed Weimar graduated
with me and he now lives on the
place where my great grandmother
lived when I was a little girl. We
moved to Central High in 1930.
We called it the Buck Shot Road,
or Dog Town. My great grand-
mother was Mary Ann Wood
Blanton Goff. She was the
mother of my grandmother,
Cynthia Blanton Brunt. Mary
Ann Woods' brother married Lena
Muckleroy. John W. Wood
married Elizabeth Boyd and they
had seven children. They all lived
down there and were raised where
Frank Ed lives now," reports our
City Correspondent about earlier
day Alto life! She had a few more
thoughts in praise of Guynell
Kennedy! And Guynell is right up
there with John Allen Templeton
when it comes to being our "rights
arms" in writing! Everybody's help
is, repeat, welcomed!
It was just a coincidence, of
course, but Frank Ed was in the
office just a day or two before
Wilma's epistle arrived. He had
carried Jo Frances to the doctors
in Dallas and they were sent home
to await the results of more tests.
She is wished the best, as always.
A lot of folks, like Jo Frances,
live day to day with hope and
faith. To all of them we continue to
hope, too, that good health is just
around the corner.
Until next week, spread the
sunshine of joy and laughter and
love. For some folks, YOU are the
only one who can do this!
Libraries
network in
E. Texas
The Forest Trail Library Consor-
tium decided to use their $323,000
grant for a networking system be-
tween participating libraries.
The consortium met on Friday to
discuss possibilities for use of the
money. The libraries at Lon Morris
College, Jacksonville College, Jack-
sonville Public Library and Rusk
Public Library will be able to access
any of the more than 30 East Texas
libraries in the consortium.
The grant was given to the consor-
tium from the U.S. Department of
Education in 1992. Users of the
library and librarians will be able to
access a database of the holdings of
15 libraries.
Although the program doesn't have
enough money to indicate whether
or not the work is ávailable for check-
out, users will know if the library
has such a book.
'This is a step on the way to where
we want to be, which is to have total
connectivity among our member li-
braries," said Ron Heezen, director
of Longview Public Library and
president-elect of the FTLC. Plans
are being made to update the data-
base twice annually with new hold-
ings.
The FTLC will entertain the entry
of other area libraries into the data-
base if those libraries are either au-
tomated or have a plan for automa-
tion, Carol Nylund, president of the
FTLC and head librarian at the
Longview High School Library, said.
Future plans include the study of
a shuttle exchange system which
would allow for delivery of books
and other materials between librar-
ies.
The database will be set up by
Library Services and Systems, Inc.
CLASSIFIED DEADLINE
MON. 5 P.M.
Hendrick Reunion
Hendrick family members met on
June 24 at 1 Campground Baptist
Church near Alto. Everyone en-
joyed a wonderful lunch and fellow-
ship.
During the business meeting, Finis
Schochler stepped down from his
position as moderator. Lowell
Schochler was chosen to fill the va-
cancy of moderator.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Hendrick,
and sons, Chris and John, traveled
from Rice, Texas, as first time visi-
tors to the reunion. Wayne gave a
short talk and explained his family
connection.
Attending were the Rev. F.F. and
Ila Schochler, Calvin and Ottie
Frank Hugghins, James and Genelle
Richards, Rosemary and Buddy Th-
ompson, George and Butch Holcomb
of Rusk.
Also attending were Thelma
Hendrick. Ottis Todd, Annie Ruth
Nicar, Lillian Dixon, Joan Hedger
and daughters, Jaynee and Teresa
of Alto.
Grady and Nell Schochler of
Neches; James Hendrick of
Gatesville; Harry and Eloise Allen
of Huntsville; Lowell and Melba
Schochler of Tyler; Leta White and
son David of Longview; Wayne and
Janis Hendrick and sons Chris and
John of Rice; Ricky and Cindy
Richards, Albert Croft, and June
Hendrick Croft of Jacksonville were
in attendance.
Births
A BEAUTIFUL PERSON is surrounded by besutiful flowers in
her home's yard on Sycsmore Street in Rusk. Birdie Jones is
partially retired and enjoys the creation of beauty on the Good
Earth for her pleasure as well as passers-by. -staff photo
Jacksonville youth attends
Farm Bureau's seminar
Michelle Pinkston of Jacksonville
recently attended the Texas Farm
Bureau's 33rd annual Citizenship
Seminar in San Angelo.
Sponsored by the Cherokee Farm
Bureau, she was among approxi-
mately 400 high school junior and
senior students from 150 counties in
Texas.
The seminar provided students
an opportunity to examine their
American heritage and the free en-
terprise system, said Joe Daniel,
president of the Cherokee County
chapter.
Guest speakers from around the
United States addressed the group
on topics including economics,
American free enterprise and prop-
erty rights.
CITIZ
Arin Glenn Holliman
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Keith
Holliman andbigsister Averi E'laine
of Houston announce the arrival of
Arin Glenn on May 15 at 11:59 a.m.
at the Woman's Hospital of Texas in
Houston.
He weighed seven pounds, four
ounces, and measured 20 inches in
length.
Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Bradford of Houston and Mr.
and Mrs. Sylvester Plumbar Sr. of
Beaumont.
Holliman is the grandson of the
late Rev. and Mrs. Jasper Glenn of
Rusk.
Michelle Pinkston
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